Mazpara set to be declared country's first biogas union
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Fazlur Rahman
The government will Friday declare Mazpara union of Atgharia upazila under Pabna district as the country's first biogas union to recognise its feat of setting up over a hundred biogas plants, officials said.
The accomplishment of Mazpara union will be announced during the government's 'Biogas Week 2010', which begins Friday.
Mazpara has been chosen to celebrate this year's programme as the union has succeeded in reaching its target of setting up over 100 biogas plants, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) officials said.
The state-run IDCOL, the market leader in private sector energy and infrastructure financing in Bangladesh, is organising the week-long event under its project National Domestic Biogas and Manure Programme (NDBMP).
Under the programme, IDCOL is financing 13,000 biogas plants across the country with financial support from SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) and Frankfurt-based German government-owned development bank KfW.
The government arm has already set up 12,000 biogas plants across the country, said Rashed Minhaz, senior investment officer of IDCOL.
He told the FE that under the project, the government is providing Tk 9,000 as subsidy to set up each biogas plant based on cow dung, human excreta and poultry droppings.
The IDCOL is financing setting up six types of biogas plants. A small-sized plant costs Tk 22,000 and a big one Tk 42,000 each producing 42cft and 168cft of gas.
The government will Friday declare Mazpara union of Atgharia upazila under Pabna district as the country's first biogas union to recognise its feat of setting up over a hundred biogas plants, officials said.
The accomplishment of Mazpara union will be announced during the government's 'Biogas Week 2010', which begins Friday.
Mazpara has been chosen to celebrate this year's programme as the union has succeeded in reaching its target of setting up over 100 biogas plants, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) officials said.
The state-run IDCOL, the market leader in private sector energy and infrastructure financing in Bangladesh, is organising the week-long event under its project National Domestic Biogas and Manure Programme (NDBMP).
Under the programme, IDCOL is financing 13,000 biogas plants across the country with financial support from SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) and Frankfurt-based German government-owned development bank KfW.
The government arm has already set up 12,000 biogas plants across the country, said Rashed Minhaz, senior investment officer of IDCOL.
He told the FE that under the project, the government is providing Tk 9,000 as subsidy to set up each biogas plant based on cow dung, human excreta and poultry droppings.
The IDCOL is financing setting up six types of biogas plants. A small-sized plant costs Tk 22,000 and a big one Tk 42,000 each producing 42cft and 168cft of gas.