Assam to get world's first bamboo ethanol plant
Assam Bio Ethanol Pvt Ltd (ABEPL) is planning to collaborate with more than 30,000 farmers. The reason for the collaboration is the development of the world's only second-generation bioethanol plant at Numaligarh.
ABEPL will collaborate with farmers over three years and will invest Rs 4,930 crore to develop the plant with an installed production capacity of 49,000 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). As per The Economic Times, the plant will also annually produce 19,000 tonnes of furfural, 11,000 tonnes of acetic acid, 32,000 tonnes of liquid CO2, and 25 MW of green power.
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