Suzuki and NDDB Join Hands to Promote Biogas Production in India
Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) announced that it has joined hands with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for increasing biogas production in India. The two companies have formally agreed on a mutual collaboration after signing an agreement on December 25 at the headquarters of the NDDB in Anand, Gujarat. This collaboration will look forward to creating a country-wide network of biogas plants. Use the waste products from the dairy farms-the cow dung-to generate clean energy through organic manure and organic fertilizers.
Invest in sustainable solutions
That forms part of investment that Suzuki R&D Center India Pvt. Ltd., the wholly owned subsidiary of SMC, has made heavily in NDDB Mrida Ltd., an NDDB subsidiary that focuses on a host of initiatives regarding biogas production among a myriad of organic fertilizer programs in a bid to advance to circular economies and reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers for better agro-practices.
The partnership will focus on transforming dairy waste into valuable resources. The plants will convert cow dung into biogas, which will be utilized locally, thus reducing dependency on fossil fuel. Organic fertilizer, the Sudhan brand, will be byproduct from the production of biogas, for use in farming and replacing chemical fertilizers.
Enhancing the Circular Economy
This project will help strengthen the circular economy by converting agricultural and dairy waste into valuable resources. These biogas plants, therefore, not only generate clean energy but will also help in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions due to the elimination of agricultural wastes burning, a very major environmental issue in the rural areas.
This is done as the plants produce more organic fertilizers, which further leads to sustainable farming practices with fewer synthetic fertilizers that harm the environment and deplete the health of the soil. Organic alternatives thus lead to increased fertility of the soil while reducing their adverse impacts on the environment.
Scaling Up Biogas Production
It is not the first time Suzuki has shown interest in biogas production in India. In the past, it has collaborated with NDDB for setting up biogas plants in Gujarat, especially focusing on the waste of dairy industries. Four dung-based compressed biogas plants are under construction in Banaskantha district in collaboration with Banas Dairy. Early successes that these projects have shown act as a platform for wider expansion plans.
With Suzuki’s increased investment in NDDB Mrida Ltd., the new joint venture will allow for faster scaling of biogas production across the country. The expansion will involve new biogas plants in additional dairy regions, including collaborations with other large dairy cooperatives like Amul, Dudhsagar Dairy, and Panchmahal Dairy.
Benefits for Dairy Farmers and Agriculture
This will add value to the dairy farmers as this is an efficient way of using cow dung, which otherwise was waste that had otherwise been rather challenging to handle and dispose of. The biogas plants will present the environment as well as the farmers with a clean solution that is friendly to the environment and brings clean energy from the plants to provide for local communities. On the other hand, organic fertilizer will boost agricultural productivity without any environmental costs in the form of chemical inputs.
This investment by Suzuki will speed up the development of a national biogas infrastructure that can facilitate sustainable farming. The partnership between SMC and NDDB is likely to cut carbon footprints of the automotive and agricultural sectors through a significant adoption of renewable resources.
Future of Biogas in India
It is the collaboration of Suzuki and NDDB, which would be a big step for the sustainability of the automobile as well as agricultural industry. The project shows that renewable energy solutions and organic farming are the way of the future in India. As the demand for clean energy and organic fertilizers is supposed to rise with time, this alliance is ready to serve the need of the country in shifting towards a greener economy.
Through this cooperation in the future years, it would include among its vital areas working on biogas plants for India to attain energy and environmental goals. Since India is rapidly shifting its attention towards renewable sources of energy and projects of this sort may expedite sustainable practices adoption by these industries.
Expand the Biogas Network
The biogas plants built under this partnership will provide energy but will also act as a prototype for India’s future sustainability ventures. In fact, the project utilized dairy waste to generate energy and fertilizer, thereby indicating the potential of industries to create circular solutions in collaboration, which both the environment and economy will appreciate.
After these few initial plants, the joint venture will expand its operations, establish more biogas plants in rural India, and ensure that they are efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective. Then it will have the desired long-term benefits to both the farmers and local communities.
This collaboration is a way of revealing how much sectors are in dire need of collaboration to solve some of the major environmental challenges in our generation. By the collaboration, Suzuki and NDDB can create a future for a better India through having more sustainable, clean energy sources, healthy soils, and reduced carbon footprints.
Source:ESG TIMES