India launches ‘Innovation Roadmap of the Mission Integrated Biorefineries’ developed by co-leads, India and Netherlands, and active inputs from Brazil, Canada, EC and the UK. This was announced by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who is leading a high-level Joint Indian Ministerial Delegation of Ministry of Power, New & Renewable Energy and Ministry of Science & Technology at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The Minister said the Mission aims at greater international collaboration and the need for increased financing for Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) during the next five years to kickstart this objective and unleash a virtuous cycle of public and private investment.

Dr Jitendra Singh was speaking at the 1st Roundtable on ‘Sustainable Bioenergy and Bio-refineries’ at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum – the joint convening of 7th Mission Innovation and 13th Clean Energy Ministerial 2022.

Dr Jitendra Singh said ‘Innovation Roadmap of the Mission Integrated Biorefineries’ aims to fill the void by identifying gaps and challenges in current biorefining value chains, prioritising eight key actions to support the Mission, and guiding the Mission’s overall path in achieving its goal.

He said it also provides policymakers with a strategy framework to establish a rising RD&D portfolio over the next five years, specific financing proposals across the entire spectrum of vital Biorefinery technologies, and rapid action suggestions.