India’s dairy farmers earn 11,000 carbon credits from biogas
More than 27,000 household biogas plants have been installed in 19 states across the country under various schemes in the dairy sector, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. Further, the household biogas initiative has also helped in generating carbon credits for the dairy cooperative sector. Under the first such initiative, a total of 11,000 carbon […]
Greening Indian White Revolution: Pathways to Carbon Neutrality
The new government’s 100-day action plan, includes establishing the National Council for Agriculture and Rural Transformation (NCART). This pivotal initiative represents a strategic reorientation towards integrated and sustainable agricultural practices. For the dairy sector, this presents a critical juncture to align with these new paradigms, potentially setting a sustainable course that could serve as a […]
Suzuki signs agreement with Banas Dairy for Biogas Plant
Three year MOU on Biogas Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) has concluded a three-party MoU for the basic agreement between Suzuki R&D Center India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzuki in India, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), and Banas Dairy (Headquarters: Banaskantha district, Gujarat) to setup the fifth biogas production plant as well as […]
TP Renewable Microgrid signed a MoU with NDDB for sustainability in dairy value chain
Tata Power subsidiary to create solarization of DCS in Jharkhand TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), India’s leading solar microgrid company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), known for its transformative impact on India’s rural economy through its cooperative dairy model. […]
Ag-Grid installation targets dairy farm byproduct diversion
Pennsylvania-based Ag-Grid Energy LLC has helped host a ribbon cutting ceremony for an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in upstate New York that could convert up to 125,000 gallons of agricultural and food processing byproducts daily into energy. The Ag-Grid installation has been situated on the Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York. The […]
Zakariyapura — India’s climate-smart model village for biogas production & utilisation
Zakariyapura village in Borsad taluka, Anand district, Gujarat has become a model for other villages across India by embracing small-scale biogas facilities in every household that owns milch cattle. In a typical biogas facility, cow dung undergoes anaerobic (absence of oxygen) digestion by bacteria, with the help of conventional technology, to produce biogas comprising 50-55 […]
Suzuki to set up biogas plants with NDDB, Banas Dairy
Suzuki Motor Corporation on Wednesday said it has inked a pact with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), and Gujarat-based Banas Dairy to set up four biogas plants in Gujarat with an investment of around Rs 230 crore. The three-party agreement between Suzuki R&D Center India, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Suzuki, NDDB and Banas Dairy […]
Suzuki to use cow dung for its CNG cars, signs MoU with NDDB
India’s largest car manufacturer company Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) has announced that it will use cow dung to power its CNG cars. An MoU has been signed between Maruti Suzuki and Asia’s largest dairy manufacturer National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), SMC stated while announcing its growth strategy for 2030. The company in its growth strategy for 2030 said […]
PEDA to run Haibowal biogas plant for dairy waste
Officials from Punjab Energy Development Authority (Peda) and the civic body recently visited the biogas plant of Haibowel, India, to study how to run it at full capacity, to prevent dairy waste from running into the Buddha Nullah, which is the seasonal water stream that runs through the Malwa region of Punjab. The waste flowing […]
Bhoumadeepam aims to reduce methane gas emission in Kerala
Twenty dairy farmers to be given ₹24,000 each to set up bio-gas plants at Cheruvannur The Animal Husbandry department is encouraging dairy farmers to set up bio-gas plants in a bid to reduce methane gas emission, a major contributor to climate change. A scheme titled Bhoumadeepam was recently launched in Cheruvannur grama panchayat in Kozhikode. […]