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, …
A Vietnamese company recently announced that it has produced a non-toxic and environment-friendly bio-diesel from catfish oil, which can be used as an industrial fuel. It is biodegradable and has lower emission rates than diesel. An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock Company, a seafood processing company in Mekong …
uncontrolled emission from poorly managed thermal power plants in northern and eastern India is the main source for the haze that envelops the Indo-Gangetic plains during winter, shows a new study. The region extends from Rawalpindi in Pakistan to Rangpur in northern Bangladesh. The findings contradict earlier studies that sought …
Allegations of sugarcane workers being worked to death in appalling conditions have diluted Brazil's euphoria over the boom in its sugarcane and ethanol industry. Working over 10 hours, on productivity-based pay, meaning low wages, inadequate food, these workers aren't getting much out of the boom. Safety equipment are not always …
british petroleum is set to make a whopping investment of us $9.4 million in a project in Andhra Pradesh that aims to produce biodisel on a mass scale. The production will be a joint undertaking with The Energy and Resources Institute (teri), New Delhi. The project is expected to utilise …
plant-based alternative fuels may be as efficient as petrol, but for now they offer only marginal environmental benefits, according to scientists who have analysed how much energy goes into producing such biofuels, and how much carbon dioxide (co2) they emit as they power vehicles. A us study that appeared in …
Germany's biodiesel plans look ominous with talks of increasing biodiesel taxes though the tax rate and implementation date are still awaited. The biodiesel industry is obviously peeved. Since its introduction in 1993, the use of biodiesel has been increasing substantially each year. Data shows that in 2004, biodiesel was of …
pongamia buses: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is running its 81 buses in Doddbalapur station (rural Bangalore), on a 10 per cent pongamia blend. These buses consume 6,000 litres of diesel, out of which 600 litres will be replaced with the biofuel. "We will convert all rural depots in …
function graph() { var popurl="image/20051231/18-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=390,height=280,scrollbars=yes") } alternatives fuels like bio-diesel and ethanol. The emergence of ethanol as a fuel is transforming the global sugar industry. Brazil, the world's largest producer and exporter of sugar, is replacing petroleum products with ethanol by 60 per cent. This took global sugar prices …
researchers in Japan have developed a better way to produce biodiesel from vegetable oils by using common, inexpensive sugars, such as glucose and sucrose, as catalysts. The new catalysts are not only highly efficient but also cheap
Jatropha is not the only option for producing biodiesel. The Botanical Survey of India has identified over 300 species with non-edible, oil-rich seeds. As India has a chronic shortage of edible oils and imports it, non-edible oils are recommended for using in transport and other sectors. Species with biodiesel potential …
Although biodiesel is very similar to petroleum diesel, and can be used as a substitute, it is much cleaner a fuel. The emission of unburnt hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matter is substantially lower than that from petroleum diesel. It has almost no sulphur, no aromatics, and about 10 per …
The opportunities in biodiesel are manifold. A renewable, environment-friendly source of energy is something India desperately needs. There is no question about that. But that doesn't mean the questions aren't there. There is already a strong realisation that the economic reforms of the 1990s haven't helped improve the rural economy. …
There is an acute shortage of power for decentralized communities of the rural sector in India even after installing power generation capacity of about 110,000 MW. In order to meet rural energy needs, the decentralized power generation is an alternative measure and can be produced through renewable energy sources. There …
in a significant move away from fossil fuels, Mumbai-based Tata Motors, in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (ioc), recently rolled out 43 buses in Pimpri near Pune to run on 10 per cent biodiesel-blended fuel. The vehicles will ferry Tata Motor's staff. This is the first time in India …
The government of Chhattisgarh is on a mission to promote jatropha. It has planted 6 lakh saplings in the last six months and has requested additional funds from the Union government to plant more jatrophas. On face of it, promoting the plant makes good sense: jatropha has medicinal uses and …
Biofuels for transport, including ethanol, biodiesel, and several other liquid and gaseous fuels, have the potential to displace a substantial amount of petroleum around the world over the next few decades, and a clear trend in that direction has begun. This report looks both at recent trends and at the …
Majority of rural households in India use only kerosene for lighting. Most of the lamps are hurricane-type, which produce very poor light intensity of about 60
