Alternative Fuels

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in village Leta, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, 23/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …

India goes deep-sea diving for clean fuel

Gas Hydrates Are 160 Times More Efficient Than Petrol Chennai: With the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India began its search for energy in outer space. Soon, the search will extend to the deep sea. As Chandrayaan heads for the moon for helium-3, the fuel used for nuclear fusion, scientists from the …

Growing On Raw Power

ONGC is now planning to look beyond hydrocarbons (L); Mining companies have benefited from the high commodity prices They take the top eight slots in the BW Real 500, and account for half of the Top 30. Natural resource-based companies have dominated this year

BIO-FUEL:Gen next energy?

Biofuel will provide jobs to farmers The newest buzz across the globe is to popularise bio-fuel to replace greenhouse gas emitting fossil fuel. Amidst arguments that biofuel

New solar technology lab

Provincial Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Askari Taqvi laid the foundation stone of the first solar energy laboratory at Hamdard University on Thursday.

In this race, any fuel is OK except for petrol

Berkeley (California): It is a classic road rally, 600 miles from the liberal embrace of Berkeley to the anything-goes lights of Las Vegas. No speeding is allowed, or in some cases even possible. And if you stop to refuel, it had better be in someone

FAO report calls for review of biofuel policies

Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The State of Food and Agriculture Report, 2008 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for an urgent review of the biofuel policies and subsidies to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability. The …

Indian companies exporting biodiesel

Ajay Modi While biodiesel blending in India is yet to take off, certain biodiesel units have commenced production and are exporting the commodity to US and the EU nations. These units are using used non-edible oils and fatty acids from vegetable oils to produce biodiesel. Hyderabad-based Naturol Bioenergy Ltd is …

Third Power, Alternative Energy Int'l moot in March

The Third Power and Alternative Energy Asia 2009 International Exhibition and Conference will be held here in March next. This was announced by the Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan in a statement here on Monday. It pointed out that the Embassy of Pakistan, Athens, has extended its support to Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan …

Does Climate Change's Cause Matter? Not to Palin

Joe Biden and Sarah Palin agreed that climate change is real, but differed on whether human activity was its root cause in Thursday's US vice presidential debate. Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, acknowledged that human activities may play a role in heating up the planet, but also said natural …

Biofuel imperatives (Editorial)

The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Biofuel Policy, and set an indicative 2017 target to blend 20 per cent sugarcane-extracted ethanol with petrol, and non-edible oil with diesel. In the absence of a clear road map ahead, the National Biofuel Coordination Committee headed by the Prime Minister faces an …

Sustainable biofuels redux

Science-based policy is essential for guiding an environmentally sustainable approach to cellulosic biofuels.

Strategy for development of alternative sources of oil and gas: standing committee on petroleum & natural gas (2008-09)

This report of the standing committee on petroleum and natural gas deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the 17th report (14th Lok Sabha) of the standing committee on petroleum & natural gas (2007-2008) on

Britains green car rally

In a unique effort to recycle wasted energy, 8 teams of British eco-enthusiasts participated in a car rally from London to Athens in vehicles fueled by waste vegetable oil.

Green Energy Should Create 20 Mln Jobs by 2030 - UN

Development of alternative energy should create more than 20 million jobs around the world in coming decades as governments adopt policies to address the depletion of resources, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. Some 2.3 million people around the world already work in alternative energy jobs with half …

India Inc bets big on biodiesel

Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai September 25, 2008, 0:37 IST Around 150 companies, led by state-owned oil marketing companies and Reliance Industries (RIL), the country's largest private company, have evinced interest in production of biodiesel. The move comes on the back of the government's plan to introduce a 20 per cent …

Realism on bio-fuels

Business Standard / New Delhi September 18, 2008, 0:09 IST The much-awaited National Policy on Bio-fuels, unveiled by the government after the Cabinet

Meet on algae bio-fuels begins today

NEW DELHI: The Growdiesel Climate Care Council and the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology are organising India

A case for decentralised green energy

Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman Emphasis on promotion of biofuels can be useful for solving rural energy problems. India is a country in transition with recent high rates of economic growth propelling it towards being a global economic power. The sustenance of this economic growth would depend on how the country is …

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