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Detailed explanation-1: -Developed and installed by GPS Renewables with support from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and AeroCare Clean Energy, the EV charging station located at Haji Ali in Mumbai is India’s first to be powered by biogasIt works in tandem with a biomethane plant positioned alongside it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aaditya Thackeray tweeted, “Inauguraated India’s first EV charging station powered by bio-gas at Keshavrao Khadye Marg today, which generates 220 units of energy from household waste. Along with powering street lights, this energy plant will now charge electric vehicles too.”

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first organic waste-powered Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station has been inaugurated at Keshavrao Khadye Marg, Mumbai, Aditya Thackeray, Maharashtra’s Minister of Environment and Tourism inaugurated this charging station on 9th May 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first EV charging station powered by bio-gas was inaugurated in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This station be will expected to generate 220 units of electricity from food waste collected from its nearby areas, mostly from bulk generators like hotels and offices.

Detailed explanation-5: -BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has commissioned India’s first ‘Smart Managed’ EV charging station. The charging station, which can charge five e-vehicles simultaneously, is co-located at BYPL’s sub-station premise in Mayur Vihar Extension Phase I, New Delhi.