Facet Power launches Nagaland-Bhutan bamboo-to-clean-energy project

Facet Power Climate Systems, Kalulu Resources, and Climes Agri have launched a cross-border industrial decarbonization project linking Nagaland’s bamboo economy with Bhutan’s ferroalloy sector. The first Tuli facility is slated to turn bamboo waste into biocarbon and renewable power, while creating a new rural market and supporting regional emissions cuts. Why it matters: - The project aims to turn Naga bamboo waste into a long-term commercial market for rural growers in Nagaland. - The finished biocarbon is designed to replace fossil coal in Bhutan’s ferrosilicon production, tying local agriculture to industrial decarbonization. - The initiative also adds grid-connected renewable electricity, which could support Nagaland’s power supply alongside the new industrial market. What happened: - Facet Power Climate Systems, Kalulu Resources Pty, and Climes Agri Private Limited confirmed the launch of the Nagaland-Bhutan Industrial Decarbonization EcoSystem. - The first facility will be built in Tuli, Nagaland, under a 15-year feedstock agreement with the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency. - The project links Nagaland’s bamboo supply chain with Ugen Ferro Alloys Pvt. Ltd. in Bhutan’s Pasakha Industrial Estate. The details: - The Tuli facility will process 60,000 metric tons of Naga bamboo per year. - The plant will produce a precision biocarbon material engineered to replace fossil coal as the reducing agent in ferrosilicon furnaces. - The biocarbon will be supplied from Tuli to Bhutan under a dedicated industrial offtake arrangement. - The facility will generate 7 MW of baseload renewable electricity for the Nagaland grid. - The project is expected to create direct employment for bamboo farming families at commercial scale. - Additional jobs are expected in harvesting, aggregation, logistics, facility operations, maintenance and grid-connected renewable power generation. - The Tuli site is intended to restore a commercial bamboo market to a region that lost its last major industrial anchor when the Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company closed in 1992. - The first facility is part of a broader regional platform that combines rural economic development, clean power generation, industrial decarbonization and natural capital restoration. Between the lines: - The project is being framed as both a climate play and an economic reset for Tuli and surrounding bamboo-growing communities. - The cross-border structure links a feedstock-producing region in India with an industrial buyer in Bhutan, which could make the model easier to scale if the supply and offtake contracts hold. - The focus on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism markets suggests the partners are also positioning the output for emissions-sensitive buyers beyond the immediate region. - Mr. T.M. Manenn, minister of law and order for the Government of Nagaland, said the project could support farmers, create local employment and position Nagaland in the region’s green industrial future. - Amy McCrae Kessler, co-founder of Facet Power Climate Systems Holding Corp., said the project is meant to restore an economic anchor in Tuli while lowering emissions. What’s next: - Tuli is the first of multiple facilities planned for the Nagaland-Bhutan Industrial Decarbonization EcoSystem. - When fully scaled, the platform is expected to recycle 700,000 metric tons of Naga bamboo waste annually. - Full buildout is expected to produce 110,000 metric tons of carbon-neutral reductant and deliver 77 MWe of clean power and fuels to the region. The bottom line: - The launch sets up a cross-border industrial model that tries to solve for three things at once: rural income, renewable power and lower-carbon ferroalloy production.