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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Indian Oil and US-based Lanzajet Inc set up India’s first green aviation fuel production unit in ____
A
Punjab
B
Rajasthan
C
Haryana
D
Karnataka
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The proposed venture will set up a plant to make SAF with alcohol-to-jet technology at the state-run company’s Panipat refinery in Haryana at a cost of Rs 3, 000 crore, they said. IOCL and LanzaJet will invest Rs 1, 500 crore and Rs 750 crore, respectively, on the proposed plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aviation kerosene, also known as QAV, is the fuel that fuels airplanes and helicopters equipped with jet turbines, turboprops or turbo-fans. Its main use is in commercial air transport.

Detailed explanation-3: -New Delhi-India’s top oil firm IOC will set up green hydrogen plants at all its refineries as it pivots a Rs 2-lakh crore green transition plan to achieve net-zero emissions from its operations by 2046, its chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya said.

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