Biogas Magazine | Edition 20 |
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IBA’s commitment towards leapfrogging the
prospect in the biogas/bio-CNG indutry - Period: April - June, 2022
IBA makes industry recom- for CBG and organic manure, mendations to the Standing easy project financing, and a Committee, Lok Sabha robust feedstock supply chain ecosystem. In addition, it has In July, a meeting of the also been suggested that Standing Committee on “Pe- each of these recommendatroleum and Natural Gas” is tions be implemented into scheduled. The purpose of the action within a specific time meeting is to examine the im- frame , such as "short term" plementation of CBG (under (less than a year), "mid-term" the SATAT scheme), and in- (one to two years), and "longdustry stakeholders' thoughts term" (more than 2 years). and proposals will be heard. As a precursor to the meet- IBA organizes and particiing, IBA has submitted a note pates in a series of webinars: to the committee seeking desired Ministerial help for On June 11, 2022, IBA along a variety of issues including, with Renewx India organized tax harmonization, umbrella a seminar on "Bio-Energy: a permit and clearances, con- must for the emerging India tinuation of subsidy, fair pric- energy market". The semiing, and marketing assistance nar, which was held at HITEX,
Hyderabad, centred on the overall development and sustainability of the biogas in India along with an opportunity to comprehend and enter the fast-growing Bioenergy market in India. Speakers from IBA, Armatec-FTS, PRESPL, CSIR, and ABPL presented in the session. Furthermore, continuing with its series of webinars, IBA along with Smart Innovation Norway organized a virtual webinar, “Harnessing the bio-energy opportunities India” on June 15, 2022. The webinar was subscribed by over 250 participants, and it enabled industry stakeholders, especially global partic-
