Fuelling India’s future with bioenergy
Although India can produce reliable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable bioenergy to meet its energy demand, progress has been slow. Implementing a few key action plans centred around the market
Biofuels
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France to restrict use of palm oil in biofuels: minister
France will take steps to restrict the use of palm oil in producing biofuels in order to reduce deforestation in the countries of origin, French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot said on Thursday.
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U.S. proposes cutting total biofuels requirements in 2018
The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed to reduce the volume of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel fuel next year as it signaled the first step toward a potential broader overhaul of
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IIT- Kharagpur develops technology to make pollution-free biofuel
Researchers at IIT - Kharagpur have developed a technology that has the potential to make biofuel manufacturing cheaper, quicker and free of pollution. The 'soil-to-soil' manufacturing technology developed
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A new neglected crop: cannabis
To many, cannabis is a recreational drug; to some, it is a medicine. Now, it is increasingly seen as a crop, to be grown in quantity and engineered for better traits—not just pharmacological effects, but
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Nigeria: Govt Plans U.S.$50 Billion for Local Biofuels Production
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was working on a policy that would set aside $50 billion to fund and stimulate investment in production of biofuels. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
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Why Sorghum, Now One Of SA's Most Neglected Crops, Could Be The Catalyst For Our Biofuel Revolution
The recent data from the National Crop Estimate Committee painted a troubling picture of the South African sorghum industry. This is a crop that was once seen as key to the development of the biofuel industry
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betydb: a yield, trait, and ecosystem service database applied to second-generation bioenergy feedstock production
<p>Increasing demand for sustainable energy has led to research and development on the cultivation of diverse plant species for biomass production. To support the research and development required to domesticate
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India, Canada broaden energy dialogue to cover nuclear energy, renewable
India and Canada are broadening their energy dialogue to cover nuclear energy and renewables besides traditional hydrocarbon sources of energy as Ottawa hopes to emerge as Delhi's key energy provider across
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'Biofuel can be alternative to fossil fuel'
TRICHY: Biofuel made from microalgae can prove to be an alternative to conventional fossil fuels, said experts participating in the international conference, titled 'Microalgal and Cyanobacterial biotechnology
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Engineering a better biofuel
While the bacteria E. coli is often considered a bad bug, researchers commonly use laboratory-adapted E. coli that lacks the features that can make humans sick, but can grow just as fast. That same quality