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India Forges Global Biofuel Alliance in Push Toward Net Zero Aim
- Modi bets on alternative fuel to boost climate leadership
- Blended fuels help displace oil and coal in cars, power plants
The burning of rice crop stubble in the Patiala district of Punjab.
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India launched a global alliance for promoting biofuels adoption at the Group of 20 leaders meeting in New Delhi, aimed at reducing emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors.
The Global Biofuel Alliance, which include top producers Brazil and the US, has been one of India’s key priorities for the G-20 presidency. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on G-20 members to collaborate on the fuel-blending initiative as the South Asian nation aspires to increase ethanol mix in gasoline to as much as 20%.