The Meghalaya New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (MNREDA) is headed by the Director who is also the Member-cum-Secretary of the Governing Body of the Agency. He is assisted by 3(three) Assistant Directors, Biogas, Solar, and Planning, 1(one) Programme Officer, 2(two) Junior Engineers and the other 36(thirty six) staffs, total comes to 43(forty three) staffs in the Head Office.
The main programme and activities of the agency is to harness these Renewable Sources of Energy like solar energy, biogas, biomass gasification, wind energy and distribution of save energy devices.
Family size Biogas Plant :- A 3 cum, Biogas Plant is sufficient for cooking requirement of a family of 4-5 persons and also can be used for lighting for about 4-5 hours daily. This scheme is the most successful programme undertaken in the state and most popular in the rural areas. A 3 cum plant requires for people to have at least 4-5 Nos. of cattle to run the plant on daily basis. It is also important to note that the dung after gas fermentation is good for manure for farming.