In Iceland, a daring effort to employ seaweed as part of a climate change solution has begun, with millions of basketball-size buoys built of wood and limestone and seeded withContinue Reading
Biofuels, which are generated from plant oils, agricultural waste, or wood, can be used to power vehicles and buses. Burning them merely returns the carbon that the plants collected whileContinue Reading
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), India’s largest consumer products company, has phased out coal usage throughout its businesses in India, replacing it with cleaner biomass and biodiesel as part of aContinue Reading
Recently, fuel outlets in India began placing banners stating that the petrol they sell contains ethanol, which is a bio-fuel obtained primarily from sugarcane. Some are even printing on theirContinue Reading
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $2.5 million technical assistance (TA) to support advanced (second-generation) biofuel development in India. Second-generation biofuels can be produced from non-edible sources likeContinue Reading
A new report published by the National Academy of Sciences, offers a cost effective way to make biofuels that can be directly substituted for gasoline, diesel fuel, or jet fuel withContinue Reading
If the aviation sector were a country, it would be the eighth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world — using planes and helicopters to move people and cargo aroundContinue Reading
Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70 percent, in a new study conclusion that bodes well forContinue Reading
