Arvind to produce biomass from cotton stalks

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Indian textile and apparel supplier partners with climate investment firm to build large scale plant to provide fuel for its boilers

AHMEDABAD – Indian textile and apparel manufacturer Arvind Ltd has linked up with Mumbai-based global climate investment firm Peak Sustainability Ventures to build a large scale plant to produce biomass fuel from cotton stalks to power boilers in its factories.

Arvind says the cotton stalk torrefaction plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, which will have a capacity of 40,000+ tonnes per year, will accelerate the company’s goal of being coal-free by the end of the decade.

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