"It could be for experience sharing or anything... if your question is that it (alliance) is off to a good start, my answer is excellent", Puri said. (Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Susan Fenton)
By Nidhi Verma
BENGALURU, Feb 6 (Reuters) - India's proposal for a
biofuels alliance to promote cleaner fuel has attracted interest
from a number of countries, including Russia and Brazil, Oil
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday.
Puri announced last October that India, the world's third
biggest oil consumer, would use its G20 presidency to try and
set up an international biofuels alliance.
The focus on biofuels is also aimed at helping India's
transition to alternative fuels and cutting its import bill, as
it aims to achieve its net zero carbon emissions goal by 2070.
"Many, many countries are interested," Puri told reporters
at an India Energy Week event in the southern city of Bengaluru.
India's plans to set up a biofuels alliance mirror the
International Solar Alliance launched by New Delhi and Paris in
2015 to bring clean and affordable solar energy within the reach
of all.
India imports about 85% of its crude needs, but is gradually
building capacity to increase its output of biofuels. It plans
to build 12 bio-refineries to produce fuel from items including
crop stubble, plant waste and municipal solid waste.
Puri said the proposed biofuels alliance was not just
restricted to producers and any country could join.
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