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28 June, 2020
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The Sustainable Alternative towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) scheme on Compressed Bio Gas was launched in 2018. It envisages targeting the production of 15 MMT of CBG from 5000 plants by 2023. The Government of India has taken various enabling steps to ensure the success of the SATAT scheme.
Oil Marketing Companies have offered long-term pricing on CBG to make projects bankable and have agreed to execute long-term agreements on CBG. Under the SATAT scheme, IOT Biogas Limited (Namakkal, Tamil Nadu) decided to divert part/full biogas production to Compressed Biogas (CBG) generation.
The Compressed Biogas procured from the IoT Biogas plant shall be sold through Retail Outlets (ROs) and Institutional businesses (IB). This is the first time an alternative to natural gas is being sold by Oil Marketing Companies.
Compressed Bio-Gas
Source: PIB
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