In India, e-commerce giant Amazon has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in a 15-month pilot project to convert agricultural waste into biodegradable paper mailers. The project will use crop waste like wheat straw and sugarcane residue. Amazon hopes to advance from pilot to validation by the end of next year. “At Amazon, […]
In India, prominent industrialists Yohan and Michelle Poonawalla of the Poonawalla Group have made an unspecified investment in biodegradable bag maker Regeno Ventures Pvt Ltd. Based in Coimbatore, Regeno produces 100% biodegradable carry, garbage, and garment bags using materials comprised mostly of tapioca, along with other vegetable starches and natural extracts. “Regeno represents a strategic […]
In India, Synthomer has announced a new partnership with Godavari Biorefineries Limited to develop biobased alternatives to existing fossil‑based monomers. Through this partnership, Synthomer is commercializing biobased butyl acrylate using biobased butanol produced by GBL as feedstock. “Partnering with GBL enables us to offer customers a lower-carbon alternative to fossil-based monomers, helping them to meet […]
In India, altM, a materials company developing sustainable alternatives to fossil-derived chemicals, has opened a fully integrated biorefinery pilot plant in Bengaluru. The pilot plant operates at 15–50 tons per year, enabling altM to scale production from kilograms to tons while testing throughput, yield, quality, and unit economics under real industrial conditions. Initial materials produced […]
In India, the Financial Express newspaper reports the new trade agreement between the US and India will establish a quota of 500,000 metric tons of American DDGS imports, accounting for about 1% of India’s annual animal feed consumption. The US is seeking new markets for its DDGS after trade relations with key importer China soured. […]
In India, Aemetis, Inc. announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India secured allocations of approximately $24 million for the supply of more than 27 million liters of biodiesel to India’s three government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for the period ending March 2026. Additional OMC fuel supply orders are expected throughout the year to support […]
In India, NTPCGreen Energy Limited (NGEL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assago Industries Private Limited on February 2, 2026 at NTPC Bhawan, New Delhi. The MoU is for the supply of green ammonia, carbon dioxide, renewable energy power and other related utilities for the production of 1,000 TPD of green urea. The urea […]
In India, India’s bioenergy sector is set to play an important role underpinning the country’s rapidly growing energy markets as robust policy frameworks boost ethanol and compressed biogas production and open new opportunities for biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuels, according to new report from the International Energy Agency. The latest analysis, which provides forecasts for […]
In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports the Economic Survey expressed concerns that current biofuel policy from blending mandates to set prices for feedstocks could lead to long-term distortions of cropping patterns and food security as demonstrated by similar experiences internationally. The survey wants more emphasis put on improving productivity of oilseeds and less on […]
In India, Praj Industries has successfully demonstrated its Ethanol-to-Jet (EtJ) process utilizing Axens JetanolTM technology at its fully Integrated Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) demonstration plant at Praj Matrix, its R&D centre—marking a significant milestone in the global transition to low-carbon aviation fuels. The Integrated SAF demo plant, earlier inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum […]
