PM to launch Rs 18,000 crore projects to boost Assam’s socio-economic development: Assam CMAssam is gearing up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. He will inaugurate a new bamboo-based ethanol plant in Numaligarh on Septembe...
10 Sep, 2025, 10.03 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma inspects Numaligarh Bio-Refinery before PM Modi's visitChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inspected the Numaligarh Refinery. He reviewed the progress of the bamboo-based ethanol plant. This plan...
30 Jun, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma invites PM Modi to the inaugural ceremony of centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen HazarikaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sarma invited Modi to the birth centenary celebrations of Bharat...
19 Apr, 2025, 03.11 PM IST
Bamboo plays a key role in socio-cultural lives of NE people, says Arunachal Dy CM Chowna MeinDeputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Chowna Mein, emphasised the importance of bamboo in tribal cuisines and its versatile uses at t...
19 Sep, 2024, 07.10 PM IST
Assam’s bamboo-based refinery generates interest among private investors from varied sectorsThe Assam Bio Refinery, a joint venture between Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, Fortum, and Chempolis, plans to manufacture ethanol from bamboo st...
26 Jan, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
Nitin Gadkari bats for decarbonising transport sector, push for ethanol economy"This is an economic and environment problem. The transport sector also accounts for 90 per cent carbon emissions. There is immediate need ...
08 Jan, 2023, 04.55 PM IST
From ethanol to soybean, India has a lot to trade with US, says GadkariTouching upon the subject of food vs fuel the minister said that the government has given permission to making ethanol from corn, rice and ...
14 Jan, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Thermax bags Rs 320-crore order to set up combined heat and power plant for Assam Bio RefineryThis cogeneration plant includes two high pressure boilers of 98.5 TPH (tonnes per hour) capacity each, air pollution abatement equipment a...
02 Nov, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
Assam CM asks Numaligarh Refinery to play proactive role in promoting agro-based economyThe Chief Minister made this call during a review of the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP) and Bio Refinery Plant at the NRL Hea...
14 May, 2020, 12.16 AM IST
Pandas, slugs and ants hint at shortcut to greener biofuelScientists believe the animals' unique ability to break down tough plant material, including bamboo, could provide clues to ramping up prod...
26 Mar, 2020, 12.06 PM IST
Draft policies on coal-based urea, ethanol in 3 weeks: Nitin GadkariHe said that earlier the country faced shortage of coal but now there is surplus coal and urea plant based on gas from coal could easily be...
05 Jul, 2016, 11.47 PM IST
Numaligarh signs bio-refinery unit agreement with ChempolisThe term sheet will be the basis for formation of a joint venture agreement for implementation of the project. A partnership agreement for ...
14 May, 2016, 12.09 PM IST
Wealth from waste: A novel Indian biotech solutionSharma even suggests rapidly the plant should be upgraded to manufacture butanol instead of ethanol, which is an even higher value product,...
01 May, 2016, 07.35 PM IST
India gets its first 2G Ethanol plant in UttarakhandUnion Minister Harsh Vardhan today inaugurated the country's first second-Generation (2G) Ethanol plant at Kashipur in Uttarakhand.
22 Apr, 2016, 10.41 PM IST
Infosys grows greener by planting 32,000 Bheema bamboo treesInfosys, according to Kamath, began growing Bheema in Jan 2013, after learning that it can absorb nine times more carbon than a normal bamb...
27 Jan, 2016, 04.15 AM IST
Infosys goes greener by planting Bheema bamboo treesInfosys began growing Bheema in January 2013, after learning that it can absorb nine times more carbon than a normal bamboo tree.
26 Jan, 2016, 10.36 AM IST
Numaligarh Refinery inks MOU with Chempolis Oy to study ethanol production from bamboo biomassNRL intends to explore the feasibility of setting up a bio-refinery in Assam to produce bio-ethanol using non-food bio-mass resources.
12 Sep, 2014, 01.50 PM IST