Tezpur University, IOCL agree to promote compressed biogas in Northeast India
The research on biogas at Tezpur University drew the attention of IOCL which led to the formal collaboration.
Press Trust of India | January 22, 2023 | 06:59 AM IST
TEZPUR: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Tezpur University have signed an agreement to promote compressed biogas in the country's northeast region, a statement said on Saturday. The agreement was signed by Tezpur University's Registrar Dr Biren Das and IOCL's General Manager (alternate energy division) Bijay Kumar on Friday.
The university's acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharyya said the agreement would strengthen industry-academia collaboration and hoped that it would lead to an extension of such a partnership in several other areas soon. Tezpur University has been engaged in promoting biogas through target-oriented research, and "several locally available biomasses have been identified as a promising feedstock for the generation of fuel (biogas) and organic fertiliser with assured recycling of crop nutrients", the statement said.
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The research on biogas on the Tezpur University campus, especially the production of bio-methane and organic fertiliser using a range of plant residue and waste, had drawn the attention of IOCL officials, which finally led to the formal collaboration, Mr Kumar said.
The entire NE region will be benefitted from the Centre's Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation scheme, which aims at setting up industrial-scale compressed biogas (CBG) plants and making it available for use as automotive fuel, the statement added.
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