A Study of Challenges and Techno-Economic Assessment of Biogas Plants

Abstract

A promising sustainable method for generating energy from municipal, industrial, and animal wastes is biogas. The development of biogas can be combined with plans to enhance sanitation, lessen indoor air pollution, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to providing a techno-economic feasibility analysis of biogas plants, this research intends to identify technical and non-technological constraints preventing the widespread use of biogas in India. Different waste, renewable energy, and urban regulations have an impact on the distribution of biogas. Therefore, specific obstacles to India's current rural and urban biogas systems were identified. The findings demonstrate that there are significant differences in the nature and significance of obstacles amongst biogas systems due to variations in technological maturity, feedstock quality and availability, supply chain, awareness level, and policy support. The developed excel model also provides a full perspective of the economic factors used to assess the viability of a biogas plant project. Users may assess numerous situations and decide on the best course of action for their investment in the biogas sector by using a comparison and analysis technique.