Maruti Suzuki Expands Biogas Capacity with New Plant and Upgrade
On World Environment Day, Maruti Suzuki announced a new biogas plant at Kharkhoda and expanded its existing Manesar biogas plant.
- INR 150 crore
- 10 TPD
- 0.7 TPD
What Happened
Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced two biogas projects on World Environment Day. It will set up a 10 tonnes per day (TPD) biogas plant at its Kharkhoda facility, commissioned within FY 2026-27, and expanded the Manesar biogas plant from 0.2 TPD to 0.7 TPD. The total investment is INR 150 crore.
INR 150 croreIndian rupees
For the two biogas projects combined.
“Maruti Suzuki has been consistently working on initiatives aimed at reducing fossil fuel consumption and oil import dependence. In line with this, we are setting up a new 10 Tonnes Per Day biogas plant at the Kharkhoda facility as well as expanding the existing biogas plant at Manesar facility.”
- New 10 TPD plant at Kharkhoda to mitigate 9,490 tonnes of CO2 annually.
- Manesar plant expanded to 0.7 TPD, avoiding 664 tonnes of CO2 per year.
- Manesar plant uses food waste, Napier grass, and paddy straw as feedstock.
Why this matters
These biogas projects reduce fossil fuel dependence, support India's Waste-to-Wealth mission, and cut CO2 emissions.
Terms in This Story
- Biogas
- Renewable gas produced from organic waste through anaerobic digestion.
- TPD
- Tonnes Per Day, a unit for production capacity.
- Anaerobic digestion
- A process where microorganisms break down organic matter without oxygen, producing biogas.
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