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 …
It did not take long for biofuels to turn from one of the darlings of the environmental movement to the bugbear. As recently as 2004, green groups such as Friends of the Earth were calling for an expansion of biofuels to make road transport greener. Biofuels, derived from plants, are …
Sushmi Dey & G Ganapathy Subramaniam NEW DELHI THE GOVERNMENT has decided not to encourage biofuels at the cost of foodgrain production. While a policy for biofuels has been cleared last week and targets have been set to step up diesel blending, senior government officials are of the view that …
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 11 Envisaging a target of 20 per cent blending of bio-diesel and bio-ethanol by year 2017, the Cabinet today approved the National Policy for Bio-fuels. The Cabinet also approved setting up of a National Bio-fuel Coordination Committee under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and a Bio-fuel Steering …
At the current rate of use the crude oil reserves of the world are predicted to deplete in about 40 years. Therefore, it has become necessary to find and devise methods of processing a renewable raw material for conversion into transportation fuel. Some countries are manufacturing ethanol from sugarcane or …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Minister for Medical Education Ramachandre Gowda underlined the need to develop alternative sustainable forms of energy that would be able to fulfil the requirement of the large population. Addressing a seminar on bio-diesel and ethanol as sources of renewable energy in the City on Friday he …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 2, 2008, 3:57 IST Concerned with the abnormally high prices of molasses, sugar mills have asked oil companies to raise the ethanol procurement price by 40 per cent for the recently-floated tender. Two years ago, the government and sugar industry representatives had fixed the …
Dozens of small and medium-scale farmers in Brazil's Sao Paulo state will grow sugar cane certified as meeting strict social and environmental standards, the region's cane producers association said late on Thursday. Several ethanol companies like Cosan and Louis Dreyfus signed deals to produce and export verified sustainable ethanol in …
Rapid expansion in the use of agricultural crops as a transport fuel has been justified in Northern countries as a prodevelopment policy that will help bring developing countries out of poverty. The agrofuels boom, it is said, will increase agricultural production, generate foreign revenues through export, make countries less dependent …
Sugar cane already powers a growing number of Brazil's cars with ethanol, and fuels nights of endless conversation inspired by a local cane-based liquor called cachaca. Brazil's sugar and ethanol industry says cane is now also set to provide much more of the country's electricity within a decade through more …
John F Wasik / Mumbai August 26, 2008, 3:48 IST My neighbour was palpably proud of himself when he mentioned at a backyard barbeque he had bought a specialised fund that invested in a solar-energy company. When he asked me what I thought of his well-intentioned investment, though, I had …
Researchers have found a new, efficient catalyst to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen - a discovery that could help make the use of hydrogen-powered cars more practical in the future. The catalyst - which was presented this week at the American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia -makes hydrogen …
Many practical issues in hydrogen use as fuel have been addressed There are many practical issues that need to be resolved before we can use hydrogen as fuel
CHICAGO: After an extremely worrisome start that fanned fears of famine and economic devastation, the most crucial American crop is now on track for a bountiful harvest, the government said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting the second-highest corn yield on record with production of 12.3 billion bushels, …
The limited availability of fossil fuel sources, worldwide rising energy demands and anticipated climate changes attributed to an increase of greenhouse gasses are important driving forces for finding alternative energy sources. One approach to meeting the increasing energy demands and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is by large-scale substitution of …
One reason for the increase in world food prices is that of food consumption, especially in developing countries. Another is the demand for cereals and food crops to produce biofuels. Which is the more dominant factor that can explain this surge?
While the precise contribution of biofuels to surging food prices is difficult to know, policies promoting production of the current generation of biofuels are not achieving their stated objectives of increased energy independence or reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Reaching the congressionally mandated goal of blending 15 billion gallons of renewable …
What are the impacts of the increasing spread of biofuels on access to land in producer countries, particularly for poorer rural people? Biofuels could revitalise rural agriculture and livelihoods
