Uttar Pradesh has significant potential to contribute to India's renewable energy landscape by generating 24% of the nation's compressed biogas (CBG), according to a report by the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

• This was the focal point of discussions at a symposium organised by CSE and the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) in Muzaffarnagar.
• The symposium highlighted that Western UP, particularly Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Bulandshahar and Aligarh, is rich in feedstock availability and houses the majority of the state’s functional and upcoming CBG plants.
• The experts pointed out that UP could potentially instal 1,000 CBG projects from the 5,000 plants envisioned nationwide under the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation scheme, tapping into just 20 per cent of its surplus feedstock.