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Why in news?
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.
Reference
DD News| Revised Guidelines for Waste-to-Energy Projects
