India to Order Use of Cleaner Fuels Under Push for Net-Zero (1)

India plans to order consumers to use cleaner fuels and aims to establish a carbon market under legislation to bolster the country’s push to hit net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070.

The world’s third-biggest emitter will seek to mandate the use of a minimum share of non-fossil fuel sources including biomass, ethanol, green hydrogen and ammonia, both for power generation or as a feedstock for manufacturing, according to a document introduced in Parliament on Wednesday. New laws would also penalize industrial operations, vehicles, ships and large buildings for not meeting energy consumption standards.

Changes to the Energy Conservation (Amendment) ...