PAU’s Department of Renewable Energy Engineering has achieved the landmark of 51 commercialisation agreements for various biogas related technologies till date.
Providing relevant solutions to address energy security issues, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) signed an agreement for Paddy Straw based Biogas Plant with Atmos Power Private Limited, a company hailing from Gujarat. Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt, Director of Research, PAU, signed the MoA with the representative of the company. Dr Mahesh Kumar, Additional Director of Research (Agricultural Engineer); Dr Manjeet Singh, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology; and Dr Khushdeep Dharni, Associate Director of Technology Marketing and IPR Cell, were also present at the MoA signing ceremony.
Dr Dharni stated that PAU was disseminating its technologies to the masses through technology transfer agreements with various companies and entrepreneurs. He added that PAU developed Paddy Straw based Biogas Technology was popular throughout the country, he said.
Dr Sooch said that paddy straw could be digested by anaerobic means for the production of biogas as a fuel for the kitchen as well as for power generation. The latest method of anaerobic digestion, i.e., dry fermentation of organic wastes could be carried out with little labour and produced biogas for a period of three months. The digested material from such anaerobic digestion was quality manure ready for use in fields, he added.
Dr Dhatt congratulated Dr Sarbjit Singh Sooch, Head-cum-Principal Scientist, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, for achieving the landmark of 51 commercialization agreements for various biogas related technologies.
