Marathwadais set to get its first bio compressed natural gas (CNG) plant at Ranjani in Kalamb taluka of Osmanabad district after receiving a go-ahead from the ministry of Environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change and other competent authorities.
The multi-crore project will be producing eco-friendly and cheaper fuel from the press-mud, the waste by-product produced during sugar making by mills, and effluents produced by the biogas Plants and industries from the region.
The poor farmers from the region will be among the beneficiaries of our plant as they will get fuel to run their tractors and agricultural machinery at a discounted price. The talks with oil companies are in progress to buy and distribute the price-competitive fuel.
As per the Maharashtra Energy Development Agency, the sugar Industry in India and farmers stand to benefit from biomethanation, which is used for the production of renewable sources of energy.