Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri speaks throughout the Confederation of Indian Industry’s in New Delhi – January, 2023.
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India plans to mandate the use of 1% of sustainable aviation gas (SAF) for home airways by 2025, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri mentioned on May 19, in a bid to reduce emissions from the sector.
Unlike the United States and the European Union, India doesn’t have insurance policies governing sustainable aviation gas but. The European Commission SAF mandate is anticipated to begin in 2025 with a minimal quantity of SAF at 2%.
Mr. Puri mentioned for jet gas combined with 1% SAF, about 140 million litres of biofuels are wanted. The mandate for SAF might rise to 4-5% if extra volumes of biofuels can be found, he added.
An Indian panel had urged for the rollout of 1% SAF within the nation by 2025.
The last mandate would require approval by the cupboard, Mr. Puri mentioned at an occasion to obtain the nation’s first native flight powered by biojet.
Private firm Praj Industries offered the biofuel, which was combined with jet gas by Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s high refiner.
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IOC goals to arrange a plant by 2026 to produce 87,000 tonnes a 12 months of SAF that can value over 15 billion rupees, its director for analysis and improvement S.S.V. Ramakumar mentioned.
