The Bihar government approved Bihar Biofuels Production Promotion Policy, 2023, which will pave the way for production of compressed biogas (CBG) apart from ethanol in the state. CBG is produced from biomass and waste sources like agricultural residue, cattle dung, sugar cane press mud, municipal solid waste and sewage treatment …
Extensive analysis has been done in recent years on the technological, environmental and social aspects of biofuel production and trade. This paper aims to provide a succinct overview of these analyses, with a view to identifying the potential opportunities and limitations associated with large-scale biofuel production, and drawing out relevant …
The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) is reported to have been trying to influence government policy to revive a dead project that envisaged use of a by-product of sugar fermentation, ethanol, with petrol, sources in Industries Ministry told Business Recorder. The Shaukat Aziz government had launched a pilot project of …
The Environmental Protection Agency Monday increased the amount of renewable motor fuels, mostly ethanol, required to be sold in the United States next year. The higher standard is required by a law that boosts the use of renewable fuels steadily each year to 36 billion gallons by 2022 to help …
Biomass is of recent origin and ranges from algae, shrubs to trees. Dedicated biomass crops are fast growing trees/shrubs and grown in degraded land with lowered inputs. Biofuels are going to stay, despite hype in nuclear energy, as they are renewable, reduce carbon emissions and provide rural employment. They help …
The committee on blending of ethanol for motor vehicles and bio-fuel technology held its first meeting under the convenorship of President Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) Zaka Ashraf here on Wednesday. The high-powered committee was constituted by the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, said a ZTBL press release. The …
Why a verdant New Deal would be a bad deal Two pressing problems face the world: economic meltdown and global warming. Conveniently, a solution presents itself that apparently solves both: governments should invest heavily in green technology, thus boosting demand while transforming the energy business. This notion is gaining credence …
It is not often that an issue approved by the Cabinet, after having been vetted by a group of ministers (GoM), is sent back to the GoM for review. But such has been the fate, for understandable reasons, of the national policy on bio-fuels which was formally okayed by the …
Climate change is a challenge facing human life. It will change mobility and asks for new energy solutions. Bioenergy has gained increased attention as an alternative to fossil fuels. Energy based on renewable sources may offer part of the solution. Bio ethanol based on sugar cane offers advantages to people, …
This study comprehensively summarises the current status of transport biofuels and related technologies in the Australian context, to provide input to formulation of government policy development and to assist in guiding future research priorities. Biofuels potentially play a major part in a range of policy areas: energy security, through the …
Renewable energy offers the planet a chance to reduce carbon emissions, clean the air, and put the civilization on a more sustainable footing. It also offers countries around the world the chance to improve their energy security and spur economic development. So much has happened in the renewable energy sector …
biological sciences Water bears in space Life for a certain kind of tiny invertebrates is possible in space. About 1.5 mm long water bears were found to survive there, a European Space Agency (esa) experiment showed. This makes the eight-legged invertebrates, also called tardigrade, the first animals known to survive …
Corn-based ethanol is yesterday's news for venture capitalists who, these days, are betting on everything from wood chips and algae to turkey guts and trash as potential sources of next-generation biofuels. Corn ethanol caught the imagination of US policymakers as a way to fix multiple problems: rising oil prices, dependence …
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 …
Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) today said that it would be working jointly with its supplier Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in a project to produce an ethanol-petrol mix.
