Oil firms hold road shows to promote bio fuel in state

LUCKNOW: To promote bio fuel consumption and production in the state, the oil marketing companies on behalf of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Monday conducted a road show ‘SATAT’ — Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation— to change energy consumption habits of a common man.

Speaking on the occasion minister of Industrial development Satish Mahana said, “Oil marketing companies will encourage entrepreneurs and industrialists to take advantage of making bio fuels. Under this initiative OMCs are offering remunerative price for procurement of bio gas with long term commercial agreement for entrepreneurs.”

“Govt of India has set a target to reduce the import dependence by 10% by 2022 and promote energy from renewable sources. We are also signatory to declaration to reduce emission intensity by 33 to 35% generating approximately 40% of the energy requirement to the renewable energy.

Towards this, centre has come out with a national policy on bio fuels 2018. Policy envisages increasing usage of bio fuels in energy & transport sectors,” said Satish Mahana.

He said, “In the state, too, government is working for rapid industrial development, the work on 77 out of 81 project of ground breaking ceremony has started. I am monitoring the projects so the progress in projects is fast. The next ground breaking ceremony would be conducted this month only and projects worth Rs 60,000 crores would be launched.”

Minister of alternative energy Brijesh Pathak said, “Bio-CNG, whose composition and energy potential is similar to that of fossil based natural gas, is produced naturally through a process of decomposition from waste/ bio mass sources like agriculture residue, cattle dung, sugarcane press mud, municipal solid waste, sewage treatment plant waste, etc. After purification, it is compressed and called CBG. This Compressed Bio-Gas can be used as an alternative, renewable automotive fuel. It has potential to replace CNG in automotive, industrial and commercial uses in coming years.”