中国石化新闻网讯 据WENews.com网站8月12日新德里报道,印度总理莫迪日前在新德里表示,为了在2022年以前削减1200亿卢比(17亿美元)的石油进口费用以及减少碳排放,印度计划增加使用生物燃料。
印度是全球第三大石油进口国和消费国,印度国内大约80%的原油需求依赖国外进口,但是,印度时下正在逐步建立提高生物燃料产量的能力。
莫迪是在新德里举行的一次纪念世界生物燃料日活动上发表上述讲话的。他说,这个南亚国家计划耗资1000亿卢比建造12个生物燃料精炼厂,从包括农作物残茬、工厂废物和城市生活垃圾等原料中生产生物燃料。
莫迪说,生物燃料可以帮助减少对原油进口的依赖。它们可以为更清洁的环境做出贡献,为农民带来额外收入以及为农村创造就业机会。
面临明年选举的莫迪说,建造12个新生物燃料精炼厂将创造15万个新就业岗位,但他没有给出所有生物燃料精炼厂投产的时间框架。
李峻 编译自 WENews.com
原文如下:
India to step up use of biofuels to cut oil import bill
India aims to increase the use of biofuels to cut its oil import bill by 120 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) by 2022 and reduce carbon emissions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
India is the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer and ships in about 80 percent of its crude needs, but is gradually building capacity to increase its output of biofuels.
The South Asian nation plans to build 12 bio-refineries costing 100 billion rupees to produce fuel from items including crop stubble, plant waste and municipal solid waste, Modi said.
"Biofuels can help reduce import dependency on crude oil. They can contribute to a cleaner environment, generate additional income for farmers and rural employment," he said at an event in New Delhi to celebrate World Biofuel Day.
Modi, who faces elections next year, said building the bio-fuel refineries would create 150,000 new jobs, but did not give a timeframe for when they would all be up and running.