Largest bio-gas plant of Central India to come up in Indore.

Indore’s youngsters are ready to launch MP’s largest biogas plant that will meet fuel requirements of 2,500 families in the first year. According to their research, an average individual uses 1.5 litres of LPG in one day. The project requires an investment of around Rs. 1.5 crore through which it will fulfil LPG requirements of 2,500 families (4 members each) in the first year.

Ideator of the project Kamal Rathore said, “I was inspired by my relatives’ small biogas plant during my visit to our village.” After returning, Rathore studied and researched biogas plants in India. He started with the basic theory he learned in the village. He implemented it and found that methane can be easily produced. However, the presence of carbon dioxide hinders the bottling process.

“To understand the industrial processing of biogas I went to Appropriate Rural Technologies Institute in Pune,” Rathore added. After understanding the different chemical reactions used to purify biogas, he decided to put the plan into action. “I discussed the idea with entrepreneur Vivek Chandra Kumar, he helped me in realistic implementation of the idea,” Rathore said.

Kumar and Rathore worked on the idea and successfully bottled biogas in normal gas cylinder. They have a prototype of bottling biogas in 3 litre cylinders. The idea is ready to be implemented once investments start pouring in.

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