Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) is planning to set up a 300-tonne-per-day (TPD) compressed biogas (CBG) plant at the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) premises in Bengaluru, with an estimated investment of Rs 123.42 crore, The Hindu reported.
The proposed facility will be spread across approximately 18 acres and process 300 tonnes of segregated organic municipal waste daily. It is expected to produce 12.6 tonnes of compressed biogas and 21.6 tonnes of fermented organic manure (FOM) every day.
An awareness session on the proposed project was organised on Wednesday. The CBG produced at the facility will be supplied to GAIL Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of GAIL, for distribution as a clean fuel.
According to GAIL, the project will help reduce the city’s dependence on landfill disposal by providing a sustainable solution for processing organic municipal waste. The facility will also incorporate odour-control and effluent-treatment systems to minimise its environmental impact.
The initiative is part of efforts to strengthen Karnataka’s waste-management infrastructure and promote a circular economy by converting municipal waste into clean energy and organic manure. The project is expected to support the expansion of compressed biogas production while improving the utilisation of urban organic waste.
