Workshop on Enabling Biogas Projects in India

This workshop will help educate investors on how to reduce risk of biogas projects and improve their economic and technical performance.

Agenda

10:00 am – 11:15 am - Opening

• Welcome Address: Dr Suneel Pandey, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
• Global Methane Initiative – Solid Waste Sector: Mr. Tom Frankiewicz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC  
• Global Methane Initiative – Agriculture Sector: Mr. Nick Elger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC  
• Special Address: Mr. V. K. Jindal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) (invited)*
• Inaugural Address: Mr. Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE) (invited)*

11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Session 1 - Agricultural Biogas Projects
Venue: Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre

• Policies enabling biogas projects in India: Mr. Vijay Bharti, MNRE
• Market Opportunities for Biogas Projects in India Report: Mr. Nick Elger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• International initiative (Swiss): Mr. Gurjot Singh, BioShakti
• Technical and economic evaluation of feedstock supply chains in India: Dr. Manas Puri United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization*
• Alternative uses of agricultural biogas (e.g. cold storage): Mr Anurag Agrawal, New Leaf Dynamic
• Moderator: Mr Sunil Dhingra

Session 2 – Organic Waste Management
Venue: Seminar Hall, TERI, India Habitat Centre

• Key challenges to source segregation in Delhi: Mr. Pradeep Kumar Khadelwal, EDMC and Dr. Ramesh Kumar/ Dr. Shakuntala, NDMC*
• Successful source segregation: Sonia Garga, Saahas, Gurugram and Ritu Sen/ Praveen Naik, Ambikapur*
• Anaerobic digesters for organic waste management: Opportunities and Challenges A case study of Varanasi: Jai Kumar Gaurav, GIZ
• Moderator: Dr. Suneel Pandey

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm

Tools for Biogas Development

• Biogas Toolkit: Mr. Nick Elger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Tool demonstration/training
• Anaerobic Digestion-Project Screening Tool: Mr. Sunil Dhingra, TERI
• Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool: Mr. Sourabh Manuja, TERI
• Risk Analysis and Technical Review Checklist for Biogas: Dr. Nimmi Damodaran

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Financing Biogas Projects

• Panel discussion on available funding and financing readiness best practices for biogas and bio-CNG projects
• IREDA, UNIDO, IOCL, KfW German Development Bank
• Moderator: Prof. V.K. Vijay, IIT Delhi