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, …
This paper analyzes biofuels certification within the optic of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and proposes requirements for compliance with the international trading system. The paper explains how the compatibility of a biofuels-certification measure with international trade rules is determined from several perspectives, to determine whether the nondiscrimination rules of …
This paper analyzes biofuels certification within the optic of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and proposes requirements for compliance with the international trading system. The paper explains how the compatibility of a biofuels-certification measure with international trade rules is determined from several perspectives, to determine whether the nondiscrimination rules of …
A catalyst made out of shrimp shells may churn out faster, cheaper and greener biodiesel, according to a new study. Xinsheng Zheng and colleagues, who led the study in China, described the development of a new catalyst produced from shrimp shells. Shrimps In lab tests, the shrimp shell catalysts converted …
The dream of cellulosic ethanol powered vehicles and biorefineries is slowly coming to life, climbing through contentious issues of fuel versus food, low petroleum oil prices and sustainability. Brazil is growing quickly alongside the expanding biofuel market with predicted long term demand. A recently released biofuels report by the Pike …
Pakistan can use its 27million acre of saline lands to cultivate algae, which is the best alternative feedstock to biofuel production, says a researcher at the Mie University of Japan. Algae is a diverse group of simple plant like organisms, growing in fresh water and sea water, and a specific …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi July 13, 2009, 0:49 IST Bio-diesel companies are demanding a higher price than the government-mandated price for their product. Bio-diesel allows oil marketing companies (OMCs) to sell blended diesel. Cleancities Biodiesel, a Hyderabad-based company, with production capacity of 250,000 tonnes of bio-diesel at its Visakhapatnam …
Srinivas Sirnoorkar,DH News Service,Gulbarga: Gulbarga University has become the first university in the State to venture into biofuel production on a demonstrative scale, thus paving way for its commercial production in the future. Thereby, not only reducing the dependency on petrol and diesel, but also contributing to environment-friendly fuel security. …
As Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee hoped in his Budget speech, his announcements for exemptions for environment-friendly bio-diesel earned him smiles from environmentalists. Mukherjee announced the government
Customs duty cut from 7.5% to 2.5%. THE FINANCE minister has announced that Customs duty on bio-diesel will be reduced from 7.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent and duty-paid high-speed diesel blended with up to 20 per cent bio-diesel will be fully exempted from excise duties. This, say industry …
The high energy demand in the industrial world, as much in the domestic sector and the derived problems of the widespread use of fossil fuels, make increasingly necessary the development of renewable energy sources. Recent development in gene segment transfer and modification techniques suggest an alternative route for the development …
This report examines the policy responses of 49 developing country governments to world oil price movements in the last three years. The sample includes 16 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, 15 in Asia (Central, East, and South), 10 in Latin America, and 8 in the Middle East and North Africa. This …
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas Linn.) is a non-edible oilseed plant with adaptability to marginal semi-arid lands and wastelands. The Indian Government is promoting jatropha to reduce dependence on the crude oil and to achieve energy independence by the year 2012, under the National Biodiesel Mission. Adaptive trials on J. curcas were …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi June 24, 2009, 0:52 IST Following the doubling of the crude oil prices from a low of $32.40 barrel in December last year, biodiesel prices too have started looking up globally. Since April, biodiesel prices in Europe have jumped over 72 per cent on a …
Suman Sahai THE BIOFUEL craze was started by the United States. It is rooted in the US politics of keeping corn prices high in the Midwest and its refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Huge amounts of genetically-engineered (GE) American corn was stockpiling because the …
