New Delhi: In a transcending move towards green energy and commitment towards the environmental stewardship, HPCL has commenced its cow dung to compressed biogas project at Sanchore, Rajasthan. This will be HPCL’s first project under waste to energy portfolio. The plant is proposed to utilize 100 tonnes per day of dung to produce biogas, which can be utilized as automotive fuel.

The project is proposed to be commissioned in a year’s time. The project’s ground breaking ceremony took place at Shree Godham Mahatirth Pathmeda Lok Punyarth Nyas, Pathmeda, Sanchore, district Jalore in Rajasthan which was attended by ED, Biofuel and Renewables, Shuvendu Gupta, and senior officials from HPCL.

The project is being developed under GOBAR-Dhan scheme launched by the Government of India in April 2018 as a part of the Biodegradable Waste Management

Component under Swachh Bharat Mission – Rural to positively impact cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cattle and organic waste! /BI/