A Deep Dive into India's CBG Revolution at REI Expo 2025

What an enriching experience for EAC International Consulting to moderate the panel discussion on "CBG's Role in India's Energy Transition" at REI Expo 2025! The energy in that room reflected the momentum building across India's biogas sector.

Our distinguished panellists brought invaluable perspectives from across the value chain:

🔹 @Atul Kharate shared insights on positioning CBG as the next green molecule in India's energy infrastructure, emphasizing the strategic fit within existing pipeline networks.

🔹 @Srinivas Kasulla addressed the ground realities of project profitability, technology selection, and creating replicable templates that attract serious financing.

🔹 @Sandip Kataria highlighted the often-overlooked ROI in preprocessing, proving that feedstock handling determines downstream performance.

🔹 @Sunil K.M. tackled the complexities of integrating urban waste streams and structuring bankable PPP models for waste-to-energy projects.

🔹 @Shantanu Aggarwal emphasized H₂S removal and gas purification as critical yet underappreciated factors in plant reliability and safety.

🔹 @Mohit Gupta shared lessons on scaling from pilot to portfolio, addressing lender concerns, and exploring pathways to advanced fuels like bio-LNG.

🔹 @Dr. Jing Liu brought global perspectives on process measurement, data transparency for ESG reporting, and performance optimization.

Moderated by Anup Barapatre the key takeaways:

CBG is a powerful, near-term lever for India as it addresses waste, generates rural value, and decarbonizes transport and industry. But scale requires four linked interventions:

Industrialise feedstock supply chains by building preprocessing hubs, standardised FPAs and aggregator capacity
Create dependable offtake & distribution with CGDs, OMCs, and municipal fleets acting as anchor customers and standardised quality regimes ensuring interoperability
De-risk developer economics via blended finance, tipping fees, and milestone-based support
Ensure efficient operations & productivity via selection of most suitable technology, ‘best-in-class’ pre-processing, purification & equipment uptime alongside real-time monitoring and control

Grateful to the Indian Biogas Association for orchestrating this impactful session and Informa Markets for creating a platform where innovation meets implementation, and where global partnerships come alive.