The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on December 16, 2022, notified that the Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Rules, 2022 will further amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The following has been amended- In rule 115, in sub-rule 18, in clause (ii), for the existing Table 2, …
Biofuels are globally considered sustainable and ecofriendly source of energy to enhance national energy security and decrease dependence on imported fossil fuels. During the past one decade, Government of India (GoI) has initiated several measures to augment production and use of biofuels. The National Biofuel Mission launched in 2003 is …
This report summarizes the findings of the Asian Development Bank's technical assistance project TA-7250: Cross- Sectoral Implications of Biofuel Production and Use in India. Implementation of its national biofuel policy will help offset the effects of oil price increases on the economy of India in the next 2 decades. The …
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report, titled “Developing Sustainable Trade in Bioenergy: Summary and Conclusions from the IEA Bioenergy ExCo65 Workshop,” which lays out perspectives on bioenergy trade, with a focus on Asia. The paper offers an overview of the global bioenergy trade and market developments specifically in …
Biofuels could provide up to 27% of total transport fuel worldwide by 2050. The use of transport fuels from biomass, when produced sustainably, can help cut petroleum use and reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector, especially in heavy transport. Sustainable biofuel technologies, in particular advanced biofuels, will play an …
This report summarises the findings of a study conducted by North Energy on behalf of Nature Kenya, RSPB, ActionAid, and BirdLife International. The study assesses the life?cycle greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed jatropha plantation in the Dakatcha woodlands, Kenya, that will mainly be used for biofuels in the European …
This project evaluates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the proposed scheme to produce biofuels from jatropha cultivated in the Dakatcha woodlands by Kenya Jatropha Energy Ltd (100% owned by Nuove Iniziative Industrialisrl of Milan, Italy) for relevant uses in Kenya and Italy. Relevant data were collected from …
fiscal deficit. Diesel, the largest consumed petro-product in India is also largely used in rural areas for agricultural purposes as well as meeting other energy needs. Cheaply available kerosene is being mixed with diesel and used in place of pure diesel. This is not only causing misuse of subsidized kerosene, …
Already under pressure for delayed blending, the domestic biodiesel industry is facing another challenge in the form of imports from the US. Last July, a shipment of 20,000 tonnes biodiesel from the US reached India. Another shipment of same quantity, at a price of less than $1,000 per tonne (at …
Indian Railways is poised to set up four bio-diesel plants at a cost of `120 crore, in potentially one of the biggest initiatives for the bio-fuel production in the country. While two bio-diesel esterification plants are going to be commissioned at Raipur and Chennai during the next two years, the …
This report reviews new vehicle fuels and technologies that are likely to be commercially available within the next 10 years in the United States and other industrialized countries at a level that could result in significant population exposure. It highlights expected changes in emissions and other effects from the use …
After a 20 per cent rally in crude oil prices from November, biodiesel prices have also started rising globally. Biodiesel prices in Europe rose over 15 per cent, owing to a revival in demand. Indian producers, who mainly rely on export markets in Europe and the United States, are planning …
A tiny Canadian startup company that is preparing to open a biodiesel plant in Toronto this spring says it will produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food all from the modest flax seed. Privately held Energy Innovation Corp, which has also developed a way to produce biofuel from used …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI In a surprise move the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and ICAT has come up with a study that claims diesel is less polluting than CNG. The study, titled
ADB initiated the study on the Cross-Sectoral Implications of Biofuel Production and Use with the objective of generating scientific information on biofuel production and its use to facilitate implementation of the biofuel policy by the Government of India. The broad objective of the ADB assignment is to identify the policy …
The railways are trying out several experiments to be environment friendly. While Central Railway (CR) has begun the process of installation of solar-powered illumination at level crossings along its sections, Western Railway (WR) is one of the first railways to run a train on bio-diesel. Both these railways have several …
The Jatropha curcas oil with free fatty acid (FFA) content of 8.81 per cent was subjected to acid pretreatment prior to transesterification during the experiment. The oil was pretreated using sulphuric acid with 25 per cent methanol for 1 hour at 50°C in 200 rpm. The yield of pretreated oil …
This study analyzes the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and the overall economy in various countries or regions using a global computable general equilibrium model, augmented by a land-use module and detailed representation of biofuel sectors. The study finds that an …
Even as ethanol blending is gathering steam, the biodiesel blending programme has failed to take off, due to issues like higher raw material prices, marketing and double taxation by state governments. Investment of around Rs 2,300 crore in creating a biodiesel capacity of 1.2 million tonnes is stuck, according to …
Pongamia (Indian beech) is a non-edible oil-producing tree legume (Syn: Pongamia glabra Vent.), that has recently gained importance for its oil utility as biodiesel1. Various parts of Pongamia are used in medicinal and other applications
