Guwahati: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an MoU with Chempolis India, a Fortum group associate company, and a leading Finnish bio-refining technology provider, to explore the feasibility of setting up a bamboo-based bio-refinery in Bongaigaon.

Chempolis will work with NTPC to conduct the feasibility study for the project that will utilise bamboo for the production of 2G Ethanol, bio-coal for thermal power plants and other value-added products.

The proposed bio-refinery is planned as an integration project with NTPC Bongaigaon power plant, where all utility requirements will be supplied from the power plant and the bio-coal produced by the refinery will partly replace coal in the power plant, effectively converting 5% of the generation of the power plant to green.

The project will support NTPC’s decarbonisation efforts, create job opportunities and build a sustainable model by promoting the use of locally available resources.

The MoU was signed in the presence of NTPC Director-HR Dilip Kumar Patel, EIL Director-HR Ashok Kumar Kalra and Chempolis President and CEO Markus Alholm last week.

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