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Detail of GEF Project #370
| GEF Project ID | 370 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 464 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Development of High Rate BioMethanation Processes as Means of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Country | India |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | Climate Change |
| Operational Program | 6 |
| Approval Date | 1992-05-01 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1994-03-15 |
| Project Completion Date | 2000-08-31 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources |
| Description | Project develops national master plan for generation and utilization of bioenergy, creates commercially viable packages for replication, and promotes and disseminates technology for high-rate biomethanation. Project will introduce, demonstrate, and standardize a wide variety of cost-effective technologies. |
| Implementation Status | During 1998, construction work started on the biomethanation plant for treatment of tannery fleshing and sludge. Subprojects were set up - four have been completed and two are under execution. A third issue of the newsletter 'Bio Energy News' was published, workshops were held, and a second Tripartite Review meeting was held. Very good progress is being made. |
| GEF Project Grant | 5,500,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 5,500,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 4,500,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 10,000,000 USD |
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