Recent policy changes in India and volatile gas prices across the globe have led big players like the Adani group and Reliance Industries to jump on the biogas bandwagon.
India’s beleaguered biogas sector has found a rare bright spot. A 170-acre cow shelter in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, is now home to the country’s largest plant turning farm waste into compressed biogas. Run by Adani Total Gas, the project kicked off in April, marking the conglomerate’s entry into the segment.
With this, the Gautum Adani-led group has also earned the distinction of becoming the first large private gas operator to start commercial production of biogas, stealing a march on rival Reliance Industries. The Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate too has big ambitions for biogas, but more on that later.
In fact, the …
Azman writes on climate change, ESG, and how a warming world impacts businesses and people alike. Prior to The Morning Context, he led climate coverage at BloombergQuint, where he started his career as a desk writer.
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