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India Pushes for Ethanol From Bamboo

Burgeoning greenhouse gas problems generate new quest for answers

Sep 11, 2025
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By: Nava Thakuria

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate next week an ambitious bio-refinery which is designed to produce green fuel from bamboo to enhance the country’s bid to reach climate change goals by 2030, circulating ethanol-blended petrol with 20 percent bio-fuel content.

The bamboo-based plant at Numaligarh in the far-eastern Indian…

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