Archive · 20 Jun 2025
HPCL to Invest ₹2,000 Crore in CBG Plants for Net-Zero Push
India is trying to use cleaner fuels to help the environment.
HPCL, an Indian company, is spending money to build plants that turn trash like old food and cow poop into a special gas.
This gas will be mixed with the gas we use for cars and cooking.
They are starting with a little bit and will add more over time to reduce pollution.
India hopes to use more of this type of gas in the future to help with its plans to reduce pollution.
HPCL will invest ₹2,000 crore to build 24 compressed biogas (CBG) plants.
The plants will produce 10-15 tons of CBG daily using organic waste.
India is increasing CBG usage to reduce carbon emissions and reach net-zero by 2070.
India mandates 1% CBG mixing in gas, rising to 5% by 2028-2029.
India aims to increase gas use in its energy mix to 15% by 2030.
- Who
- HPCL is investing and the government is mandating the use of CBG
- What
- HPCL is investing in 24 compressed biogas plants.
- When
- Investment to be done in the next two to three years.
- Where
- India
- Why
- To reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of cleaner fuels.
- Investment Amount
- ₹2,000 crore
- Number of Plants
- 24
- CBG Production per Plant
- 10-15 tons daily
- CBG feedstock
- Agriculture residue, cattle dung, and sewage water
- Current CBG Mixing Mandate
- 1%
- Target CBG Mixing Mandate
- 5% by 2028-2029
- India's gas need
- Currently, nearly half of gas needs met through imports.
