On the occasion of ‘World Biofuel Day’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target to triple ethanol production in four years to help save Rs 12,000 crore in oil import billContinue Reading
Doping petrol with 5 per cent ethanol was launched in 2003 to promote the use of alternative and environment-friendly fuels as also cut import dependence. Now the government intends toContinue Reading
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) is serious on freeing Punjab from the pollution due to stubble burning and so every possible effort is being considered for the same. Currently,Continue Reading
The biofuel industry remains among India’s most underdeveloped. Although there are many private players in this space, the industry has not reached its full potential due to the government’s lowContinue Reading
The government has asked the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to develop so-called freight villages, a concept borrowed from European countries. The state-run IWAI will also provide inland waterwaysContinue Reading
India has taken significant strides by tapping into its renewable energy sources and technology to cut its carbon footprint. Over the last few years, the nation has witnessed a tectonicContinue Reading
Market experts predict that the Indian biofuels industry, which was launched in 2014 with a pilot run is set to explode into a $15 billion industry by 2022. A numberContinue Reading
Biodiesel manufacturing is picking up globally, resulting in a byproduct called glycerol. Indian scientists have now developed a technique to break down glycerol into commercially useful products using bacterial strains.Continue Reading
