BANGALORE: At a time when power corporations are struggling to supply sufficient electricity to consumers, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Bangalore, has been generating its own power through a biogas plant since March 2012. The plant, which is the first of its kind on any university campus in the country generates power using around five tonnes of cow dung, agricultural and kitchen waste. It generates around 300- 320 units of electricity per day which lasts for 16 hours a day and saves at least `50,000 per month in terms of electricity bill. “The benefit of biogas-based power generation unit is its independence from irregular and costlier power grid. It ensures continuity of resource due to self -efficiency in power generation and also ensures good quality manure,” said V-C of UAS, Bangalore, Narayana Gowda. The project is worth `40 lakh and the payback period is around two years. “The University is also encouraging small farmers to set up similar units at individual and community levels,” said Kumargoud, project coordinator at GKVK. Narayana Gowda said that based on the success of Bangalore’s pilot power plant, the University aims to replicate the same in other campuses.
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