SATAT Scheme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation)
SATAT was launched in October 2018 by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, implemented through Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs — IOCL, BPCL, HPCL). Its core design is a guaranteed offtake model: OMCs commit to purchasing all CBG produced at a fixed price, providing market assurance to private entrepreneurs willing to set up biogas plants.
- Target: 5,000 CBG plants with total production capacity of 15 MMT per year by 2023–24 (target extended)
- CBG is produced through anaerobic digestion of organic feedstock (agricultural residue, cattle dung, municipal solid waste, industrial effluents)
- Fixed purchase price mechanism provides assured market linkage, reducing investment risk
- SATAT enables injection of CBG into City Gas Distribution (CGD) network pipelines, creating physical integration with existing infrastructure
- By-product: bio-slurry / fermented organic manure (FOM), sold as organic fertilizer — creating additional revenue stream and reducing synthetic fertilizer dependence
- As of late 2025: ~130 operational plants against a 5,000 target — implementation far behind schedule
- Primary implementation failure: feedstock supply chain weakness, not technology failure
● Tracked since March 19, 2026 · last seen June 20, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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