New Delhi, June 5: India’s largest automobile manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, announced on Friday a significant investment of ₹150 crore in two major biogas projects. This initiative aims to promote sustainable manufacturing and a clean energy ecosystem in the country.
The company plans to establish a new biogas plant at its manufacturing facility in Kharkhoda, Haryana, with a capacity of 10 tons per day. This project is expected to commence in the current financial year. Additionally, Maruti Suzuki has increased the capacity of its existing biogas plant in Manesar from 0.2 tons per day to 0.7 tons per day.
These initiatives align with the government’s ‘Best to Wealth’ mission, aimed at reducing dependence on fossil fuels and promoting renewable energy solutions across all operations. According to the company, the upcoming Kharkhoda biogas plant will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 9,490 tons annually when operating at full capacity. It is anticipated that this plant will meet about 20 percent of the total gas requirements of the manufacturing unit.
Commenting on these initiatives, Managing Director and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi stated that the company is continuously working to reduce fossil fuel consumption and reliance on imported oil. He emphasized, “In a time when the world faces increasing uncertainties in energy, the importance of such initiatives becomes even greater.”
Takeuchi further noted, “Given the Prime Minister’s call to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, now is the right time for us to launch the biogas project. It enables us to make a small yet meaningful contribution to the current national priority alongside several other ongoing efforts.”
The expanded biogas plant in Manesar is expected to generate approximately 360,000 standard cubic meters of biogas annually. The company estimates that this project will help reduce carbon emissions by about 664 tons each year. The Manesar plant utilizes food waste, Napier grass, and rice straw as raw materials, with the potential to further enhance production using animal dung.
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