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From farm to fuel: How biogas could power India's future

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Pracheta Sharma
June 19, 2023

An Indian company makes biogas from rice straw, transforming farm waste into fuel. Energy experts say compressed biogas could be the fuel of the future. Made from organic waste, it could also help India cut costly fossil fuel imports.

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