Gando Bawal to Green Fuel: Deendayal Port Authority Pioneers Bio-Methanol Push - India Seatrade News

DPA Kandla to convert invasive Kutch shrub(Gando Bawal) into bio-methanol in Rs 100 crore pilot project

GANDHIDHAM : The Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) Kandla in Gujarat is developing India’s first bio-methanol demonstration plant using Prosopis juliflora — the invasive shrub locally known as Gando Bawal — as its primary feedstock, in a project that aims to turn an ecological burden into a source of clean marine fuel, The Hindu BusinessLine reported. The pilot project, estimated to cost approximately Rs 100 crore, is currently at the engineering s…

Gando Bawal to Green Fuel: Deendayal Port Authority Pioneers Bio-Methanol Push - India Seatrade News

In the arid stretches around Deendayal Port Authority in Gujarat, an invasive shrub long regarded as a nuisance is being transformed into a clean energy resource. Prosopis juliflora — locally known as gando bawal — is now at the centre of a pioneering bio-methanol project aimed at converting waste biomass into low-carbon fuel. The initiative, developed under the Harit Sagar Guidelines and Maritime India Vision 2030, marks a significant step towa…