Archive · 19 May 2025
Cities Implement Biogas Plants for Waste-to-Energy Initiatives
Cities are building biogas plants to turn trash into clean energy.
Mumbai's civic body (BMC) is waiting for permission to give land to a company that will build a plant to turn wet waste into biogas.
This biogas can be used instead of gas for cooking and other energy needs.
In Mysuru, similar plants have already been built at crematoriums.
These plants use waste to create biogas, which is then used to power things like streetlights, saving money and reducing pollution.
The biogas plants help use waste efficiently and provide clean energy sources.
BMC awaits state approval to transfer 18 acres of land to MGL for a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Deonar.
The plant will process 1,000 tons per day (TPD) of wet waste supplied by the civic body.
The project is in two phases: a 500 TPD plant on an 8-acre plot, followed by another on a 10-acre plot.
Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has built two compressed biogas plants at crematoriums.
The MCC plants convert waste into biogas, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and saving money.
- Who
- BMC (Mumbai) and MCC (Mysuru) are involved, along with MGL (Mumbai) and local officials.
- What
- Construction of compressed biogas plants to convert waste into clean energy.
- When
- BMC signed an MoU in June 2023. Mysuru's plants are operational or nearing completion.
- Where
- Deonar in Mumbai and crematoriums in Mysuru.
- Why
- To produce compressed biogas using municipal waste and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
- Deonar land for Mumbai plant
- 18 acres
- Mumbai plant processing capacity
- 1,000 TPD
- Mysuru plant count
- Two
- Mysuru plant locations
- Harishchandra Ghat & Manchegowdana Koppalu
- Conversion process duration
- 45 days