India : Promoting Advanced Biofuels Through High Technology
This knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) aims to support India's development of biofuels through novel technological adoption and sustainable business structure. Biofuels are a renewable energy source made from organic matters or agricultural and municipal solid wastes. Its usage can be extended to energy, transport, manufacturing, and medicament in the form of bioethanol, biogas, and biodiesel. Especially, biofuels can be blended as low carbon fuels for vehicles, and treated as key tool for future green transportation. Moreover, the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted a serious shortage of ethanol for used as disinfectant. The TA will focus on advanced biofuels in preparing specific development schemes with technical, financial, contractual, and capacity development arrangements and viable business and operational models.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Son, Jongmi
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
India -
Sector
- Energy
| Project Name | Promoting Advanced Biofuels Through High Technology | ||||||
| Project Number | 54222-001 | ||||||
| Country / Economy | India |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Renewable energy generation - biomass and waste |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||
| Description | This knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) aims to support India's development of biofuels through novel technological adoption and sustainable business structure. Biofuels are a renewable energy source made from organic matters or agricultural and municipal solid wastes. Its usage can be extended to energy, transport, manufacturing, and medicament in the form of bioethanol, biogas, and biodiesel. Especially, biofuels can be blended as low carbon fuels for vehicles, and treated as key tool for future green transportation. Moreover, the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted a serious shortage of ethanol for used as disinfectant. The TA will focus on advanced biofuels in preparing specific development schemes with technical, financial, contractual, and capacity development arrangements and viable business and operational models. | ||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA will take a cross-sectoral solution approach to tackle various thematic issues such as energy security, transport mobility, agribusiness, financial stability, air and water pollution, waste disposal, public health, climate change, and urban-rural divide. Advanced biofuel market will provide opportunities to mitigate global warming, harness agricultural and municipal wastes, create new industries and jobs, and strengthen energy independence. This new development is expected to contribute to making transformational effects on domestic economy and society as well as regional cooperation through knowledge transfer to neighboring countries. | ||||||
| Impact | Usage of domestic biofuels in the energy and transportation sectors increased by 2030 |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Readiness for investments in biofuel development and business enhanced. Readiness for investments in biofuel development and business enhanced. Readiness for investments in biofuel development and business enhanced. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | Progress is on track. |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Development schemes of demonstration bioethanol plants prepared. Development schemes for bio-CNG plants demonstration prepared. Development schemes for biodiesel plants demonstration prepared. Gender mainstreaming design for the biofuel value chain incorporated. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Planned output and activities are on track. |
| Geographical Location | Nation-wide, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | A firm will be selected through quality- and cost-based selection (QCBS) method with a 90:10 quality-cost ratio using the full technical proposal evaluation. Individual consultants and resource persons will also be recruited as expert presenters at workshops. ADB will engage the consultants following ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time), Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time), and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. |
| Procurement | ADB will engage the consultants and carry out procurement following ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time), Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time), and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Son, Jongmi |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Indian Oil Corporation,Limited Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 15 Jul 2020 |
| Fact Finding | 28 Oct 2020 to 29 Oct 2020 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 07 Dec 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 15 Sep 2022 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 07 Dec 2020 | 13 Jul 2021 | 13 Jul 2021 | 30 Jun 2023 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 15 Sep 2022 | 502,343.79 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Promoting Advanced Biofuels Through High Technology: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2020 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Supply Chain Management Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Solid Waste Management Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Climate Change Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Promoting Advanced Biofuels Through High Technology | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Legal Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Biofuel Advisor | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Structured Finance Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Biofuel and Renewable Energy Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Capacity Development Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 6638 | 05 Nov 2021 | KPMG India Services LLP (INDIA) in association with Tattva Consultants (INDIA) | 4th Floor, Building No. 10, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon, India 122002 | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas | 621,765.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
None currently available.