The Punjab Agriculture Department has moved a summary to the provincial
government to approve a project of 10,000 biogas technology plants to mitigate
the energy crisis following the successful installation of 1,476 plants in the
36 districts of the province.
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| Biogas Plant, File Photo: Biogas-technology.blogspot.com |
The department has also completed a pilot project of installing biogas
supplemented tubewells for irrigation in 11 districts, urging the government to
further allow such installations to pass on the benefit to the farmers who are
bearing high cost of diesel. High cost of fuel, fertilizers and pesticides in
agriculture is not only increasing input costs but also reducing earnings of
farmers as well as the government in terms of foreign exchange.
According to department officials each plant with 15 cubic meter size is
producing cooking needs of 10 members of a family and if utilized for power,
could generate electricity up to two hours. They say dung and water are
required to generate biogas energy for each house where the technology is being
used.
They say the government had provided Rs72.8 million subsidy for the project
of 1,476 plants, which started in 2009 and concluded in June 2013. The
department is short of 24 such plants against the target of 1,500 plants and a
subsidy of Rs75 million.
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