Praj Industries on Sunday inaugurated its second generation (2G) integrated bio-refinery demonstration plant for renewable fuels and chemicals, near Pune. It is India’s first integrated bio-refinery demonstration plant, which is built on Praj’s proprietary platform technology ‘enfinity’ for manufacturing ethanol from a variety of agri-waste.
“Today I witnessed India’s first 2G bio-refinery demonstration plant and my belief in India’s capability in technology development as compared to the Western countries, has strengthened manifold. Biofuel is not only cost-effective, but also a pollution-free import substitute of Rs 7 lakh crore. Our Government has initiated dialogues between my ministry, Petroleum Ministry and Renewable Energy