HPCL to set up compressed biogas plant in Budaun

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a central public sector undertaking, will set up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant at Budaun in Uttar Pradesh.

The PSU has assigned the work to set up the plant to a Pune based private company. The plant will have the capacity to process 35,000 tons of rice straw as feedstock to generate 5,250 tons of compressed biogas.

The compressed biogas, or CBG, is produced by anaerobic decomposition of agricultural waste, sugarcane press mud and municipal waste. It can be used as a fuel for automobiles.

“This project will contribute to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas’s Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative with the objective to promote CBG as an alternative, green transport fuel.”