introduction of Bio-Compressed Natural Gas

All the 12 projects on production of Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (Bio-CNG) from biogas set up under the Programmes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy are operational. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today The total production of Bio-CNG from the 12 projects set up so far is estimated to be about 17,200 kg/day. The Minister pointed out that these projects are setup in the States of Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan. Setting up of Biogas Plants The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is promoting setting up of Biogas plants in all the States and Union Territories of the country. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. He said biogas plants are being promoted under three Central Sector Schemes namely; i. National Biogas and Manure Management Programme, for setting up of family type biogas plants. ii. Biogas Power Generation Programme, for setting up of biogas plants for generation of electricity in the capacity range of 3KW to 250 KW, and iii. Programme on Energy Recovery from urban, industrial and agricultural wastes for setting up of large size biogas plants for production of biogas or bio-CNG or for generation of power. However , the Minister informed that the Government has no proposal to set up any Bio-fuel plant. He further added that over 4.75 million family type biogas plants and about 350 large plants for power generation based on cattle dung and other wastes and residues installed in the country are estimated to be generating over 51 lakh cubic meter biogas per day. Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission The Government has launched a scheme under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission to encourage installation of Solar Water Heaters. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. The Targets set under the scheme are in Phase Manner (Phase - I, II, III), and the details are given below: Phase Period Cumulative Target (m2) Phase – I 2010-13 7 Million Phase – II 2013-17 15 Million Phase – III 2017-22 20 Million Phase – I of the Mission has been completed and achievements made by end of Phase – I are 7.001 Million M2  . The Minister further said that the tariff of solar power as fixed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is Rs. 7.72 per KWh for PV based power plants and Rs. 11.88 per KWh for solar thermal based power plants.