India can become sustainable fuel hub by using agri waste: Honeywell

Agricultural waste in India can be used for generating sustainable aviation fuel and make the country a hydrogen hub, a senior official of Honeywell India said on Wednesday.

Honeywell India VP and General Manager for UOP and HPS Ashish Gaikwad said the technology is now available in the country that can benefit farmers by procuring agricultural waste from them, which they burn on the field that creates pollution.

"It is my personal belief, India has the opportunity to become an energy hub for hydrogen. It can also become a hydrogen hub for SAF (sustainable aviation fuel). India is a large agricultural economy. It can produce a lot of agricultural waste that can become feedstock for producing SAF. Then not only we will produce SAF for our own domestic consumption but we will be able to export it," Gaikwad said.

He said that Honeywell is a big proponent of India becoming a hub for SAF.

India has committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2070.

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