Assam CM unveils northeast's first biogas plant in Assam

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister on February 25, laid the foundation stone for the first-ever compressed biogas plant project in northeast India took place at Domora Pathar in Sonapur

The plant, which is being built by businessmen Pankaj Gogoi and Rakesh Doley under the name Redlemon Technologies, will have a 5 tonne per day production capacity for compressed biogas from raw materials like municipal solid wastes and cattle manure. It is expected to start operating in November 2023.

Speaking at the event, CM Sarma said that the Sonapur compressed biogas facility would greatly help the Assam government achieve its objective of gradually switching to cleaner and more environmentally friendly energy. In addition to assisting with city solid waste management problems, the compressed biogas facilities, like the one being built in Sonapur, would provide farmers with an additional source of income by allowing them to sell animal excrement to the biogas makers.

He also voiced the hope that the organic fertilisers produced as a byproduct of methane in such compressed biogas plants would provide a better substitute for the chemical fertilisers presently used throughout the State.

In reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledges to reduce India's carbon emissions on international platforms like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Chief Minister Sarma said Assam, like the other States, would do everything in its power to ensure that the nation is able to keep its commitments made on mitigating the effects of global warming.

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