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Recently the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued the Revised Guidelines under the National Bioenergy Programme.
National Bioenergy Programme– It is launched by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Objectives – To promote the use of bioenergy technologies for clean energy generation.
It supports efficient use of biomass, biogas and industrial/agricultural waste for energy production.
It contributes to India’s Net-Zero Emissions target by 2070.
Sub schemes– It includes sub-schemes for:
Waste to Energy (WtE)
Biogas Programme
Biomass Programme
Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Project– It facilities to convert urban, industrial, agricultural, and municipal waste into useful energy such as biogas, compressed biogas (CBG), or electricity.
Revised Guidelines
MNRE announced to make the ecosystem efficient, transparent, and performance-driven.
It focuses on reducing paperwork and easing approval processes.
Central Financial Assistance (CFA) structure – CFA is now released in two stages,
50% on obtaining Consent to Operate from State Pollution Control Board (with bank guarantee).
Remaining 50% after achieving 80% of rated capacity or maximum eligible capacity.
Pro-rata CFA – It is available for plants performing between 50-80% of capacity.
No CFA for plants with less than 50% plant load factor.
Time flexibility for claiming CFA – Developers can claim CFA within 18 months from the date of commissioning, or date of in-principal CFA approval, whichever is later.
