Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has recently inaugurated MEPL BioEnergy biogas plant, the first CBG plant in Batala and CGD connectivity project for Punjab and Haryana, as well as a newly-upgraded sugar mill facility. This plant will utilise the waste from the Batala and Gurdaspur sugar mills to produce biogas on a daily basis.

The CBG plant aims to process 100 tpd of pressmud to generate 5.6 tpd of biogas, with support from Sugarfed Punjab. The facility is built on around 10 acres of land with an investment of 35 crore. Through this new facility, Gujarat Gas (GGL) supplies piped natural gas (PNG) to customers in nearby and surrounding areas. This CBG plant is established in collaboration with CEID Consultants and Engineering, an EPC company in the CBG sector.

The compressed biogas (CBG) offtake facility in Batala, Gurdaspur, is the first-of-its-kind in Punjab. GGL has also successfully converted its first domestic PNG customer in a nearby village, providing clean energy through this network.

This achievement supports the clean and green energy revolution, which is in sync with the initiatives of both the Government of India, and Punjab government to reduce air pollution.