India to present proposal for global biofuels alliance at G20
quarta-feira, outubro 19, 2022
India, in order to increase the use of cleaner combables, plans to launch a global alliance on biofuels among members of the group of the top 20 economies. The information was given by The Minister of Oil of India, Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday, 19.
India will assume the presidency of the group, also called The G20, from Indonesia in December. New Delhi will host a meeting of member countries in September 2023. "We will use our G20 presidency to try to establish an international biofuels alliance," Puri said at the International Biofuels Conference, as reported by Reuters.
India's plans to establish a biofuels alliance mirror the International Solar Alliance, launched by New Delhi and Paris in 2015 and aimed at bringing clean and affordable solar energy within reach of all.
"We have enough countries in the world that are producing biofuels, so if you put the ecosystem around it, in terms of standards, the flex-fuel engines... I think we are on the path to establishing an international alliance," he said.
India, the world's third-largest oil importer, supplies about 85 percent of its oil needs, but is gradually increasing capacity to increase its biofuel production. The country plans to build 12 biorefineries to produce fuel from crop residues, plant waste and municipal solid waste.
India plans to introduce 20% ethanol mixed with gasoline in some parts of the country from April next year, followed by a national launch from 2025/26.
Source: RPA news
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