How biogas plants benefit the climateMany households in India use clay stoves fired with wood. However, their use leads to significant indoor pollution and additionally to a decline in forest areas.
To counteract this problem, around 10,700 biogas plants of varying sizes were built in Odisha, Punjab, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand between November 2020 and October 2021 as part of our carbon offset project. With a direct connector to the respective households, the conventional stoves will thus be replaced by sustainable cooking stoves supplied with energy from the biogas plant.
This technology is particularly efficient because each household can use the manure from its own cows to operate the plant. Furthermore, the appropriate disposal of waste such as cow dung improves the hygienic conditions in the communities. In addition, the residues from the biogas plants can be used as organic fertilizer for fields.