The Chhattisgarh Biofuel Development Authority (CBDA) is looking to sell Jatropha Curcas semi-finished Biofuel from its manufacturing plant in Raipur.
Notably, the CBDA has produced more than 180,000 litres of semi-finished bio fuel from its pilot scale production plant in Raipur by procuring Jatropha seeds from within the State, officials stated.
Since its inception, the CBDA have carried out plantation of more than 1.50 crore Jatropha saplings in revenue wasteland throughout the State.
The initiative has increased the green cover of the State while generating rural livelihood opportunities in remote villages.
On the other hand, Chhattisgarh is among the leading States for implementing biomass based power projects such as Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, according to Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). Chhattisgarh had biomass projects generating a total of 249 MW of power as on March 31, 2015.
The total power generation from biomass projects by 12 other States during the aforesaid period in Megawatts is as follows- Andhra Pradesh ( 288), Gujarat ( 30.50), Haryana ( 13.50), Karnataka ( 107.50), Madhya Pradesh (26), Maharshtra ( 198), Odisha ( 20), Punjab ( 68.50), Rajasthan ( 101), Tamil Nadu ( 211.70), Uttar Pradesh ( 54) and West Bengal ( 26).
The MNRE provides Central Financial Assistance at the rate of `25.00 lakh per Mega Watt in special category States and `20 lakh per Mega Watt for other States with a cap of Rs 1.50 crore per project.
Chhattisgarh produced 527.63 lakh cubic meters of bio-gas from family type bio-gas plants and large bio-gas plants in the entire State during the 11th Five Year Plan period.
Jatropha Semi-finished Biofuel is an important co-product obtained during the process of biodiesel production.