A national policy paper for biogas, Bio-CNG and circular agriculture in Bangladesh.
Recommendation: finance retained use, service and productive value, not installation alone.
Five proposed changes
Five changes move the focus from installation to continued performance.
Begin with the installed base
Reconcile existing assets and establish functionality, retained use, service cost and household value. Performance needs records beyond installation totals.
Key figures
Published programme figure reported by December 2023.
Proposed policy structure, not a current programme count.
Proposed implementation sequence, not reported delivery.
Proposed status points for the installed-asset record.
Source: IDCOL biogas programme reporting for the published plant figure. All other figures in this strip are policy proposals.
Three business models
Each model has a different service, revenue route and scale gate.
Finance verified eligibility, commissioning, local after-sales service and retained use.
Fund collection, processing, quality checks, storage, working capital and buyer linkage.
Begin with a smaller module and prove feedstock, gas quality, uptime and both markets.
36-month roadmap
Set governance, reconcile assets, publish standards and map feedstock, service and buyers.
Gate: verified baselineDeploy household clusters, circular hubs and a smaller industrial module under one record standard.
Gate: operating stabilityValidate retention, operating records, service quality, product absorption, inclusion, safety and methane performance.
Gate: credible operating proofExpand only the models that clear agreed thresholds and publish standard contracts and results.
Gate: replication decisionPurpose and figure notes
The paper combines published data, project material and assumptions. Site decisions still require feasibility work.
Project and Bio-CNG figures require partner checks before attribution or investment use.
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