Supplanting petrol

Biofuel is efficient but its environmental benefits are marginal

Jatropha plantation policy has gaping holes

India's ethanol equation

Ethanol blending in petrol is an effective way of increasing domestic petrol availability and for that, all-round efforts need to be made to …

Bacteria can breakdown biodiesel waste into useful products

Indian scientists have developed a technique to breakdown glycerol into commercially-useful products using bacterial strains

Power corrupts

Coal-based power plants caus haze over Indo-Gangetic plains

Ethanol, other biofuels will see reduced demand in 10 years

Declining demand for transport fuel will lead to reduced demand for ethanol in the US and EU—main markets for ethanol

Energised by vegetables

Are biofuels a feasible option to replacing conventional fuels?

The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India's burgeoning oil import bill. And …

Bio fuels may cause more environmental damage if safeguards are ignored

Food vs fuel

Senegal announces biofuel programme

Adventure on biofuel

Biofuel good idea, bad practice

A chocolate truck to Timbuktu

As told to Parliament (July 27, 2023): Centre restricted import & export of biofuels to promote them, says minister

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Uttar Pradesh’s Bioenergy Policy: Good on paper, execution may be tricky

Offers cheap land for lease, tax and tariff exemptions to reduce fossil fuel use

New technique developed to make biodiesel cleaner

Scientists have developed a cost-effective strategy to convert crude glycerol, a by-product of manufacturing biodiesel, into a green fuel

Botanical gardens failed to conserve threatened plants despite Rs 48 crore budget: CAG report

‘Unfruitful’ expenditure of Rs 73.35 lakh on demonstration project by MoEF&CC observed

India’s sustainable jet fuel may get internationally certified in 2023

Researchers believe inadequate feedstock collection mechanisms and a lack of refineries could prevent its mass scaling