Today's Compressed biogas (CBG) is Tomorrow's green hydrogen

 

A developing economy like India Knows the importance of energy as it is the largest resource that will shape our future in the coming years. Looking at fossils import burden and rising prices of fuels in the country will only speed up the drive for renewable fuels like Ethanol, Methanol, ATJ, CBG apart from renewable electricity.

Our strong commitment will lead to more hunger and effort to increase to the production of renewable fuels and energies which will make India clean and self-sufficient to a major extent. The infrastructure is developing at a great pace for the biofuel drive and we have made great progress for liquid and gaseous biofuels. The years to come will witness more robust infrastructure from all aspects apart from production scale, off-take and distribution.

Hydrogen is the fuel of the future and talk of the town in recent past for all good reasons around the globe. India is all set to play a major role in the green hydrogen economy moving forward. At present major section of the industry is focusing on the production of green hydrogen from renewable energy like solar and wind for large scale production. The world green hydrogen industry is also focusing on similar energies and very much aligned to the way India approaches it.

Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy and any industry which connect to the ground always had a larger impact on national interest. Doubling farmers income is one of the prime objectives of authorities and most of the national programs have this connection which is our strength.

Biogas to CBG mission was started with this connect in the background in 2018 and going strong. CBG is one of the important biofuels in focus after Ethanol in India at present time. Industry moving very positively to make 5000 CBG plant a reality. To make this happen all part of the industry is playing major roles whether it is technology, engineering, infrastructure, OMC’s, Financial institutions or agriculture teams with a vision for bio-fertilizer.

Once the CBG infrastructure will take a shape across the country alongside the EV boom will become a strong foundation for hydrogen-based transportation. The CBG has methane as a major component and it can be readily converted to hydrogen. These CBG plants will then be all set to transform to decentralized hydrogen generation stations which will fuel our energy and transportation future in years to come. CBG to green hydrogen will be detailed in coming articles soon.