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 …
Using an empirical model, this study provides some insights into the functioning of the oilseed-biodiesel-diesel market complex in a large country that determines the biodiesel price, reflecting market equilibrium changes resulting from volatility in the crude oil price. Oilseed crushing produces joint products—oil and meal—and this weakens the link between …
In recent years, global trade in biofuels has grown dramatically, albeit against a background of highly distorted markets for agricultural goods and for energy, and in a context of weak global governance for environmental public goods. While the development of the biofuels sector has helped generate new economic opportunities, it …
Unable to cope fully with steadily climbing world oil prices since mid-2009, many of the 65 countries reviewed in this paper have progressed slowly or even reversed course in reforming pricing of petroleum products. End-user prices in July 2012 varied by two orders of magnitude across the countries. More than …
Greener cars that use alternative fuels could help the United States slash its greenhouse gas emissions from everyday driving a full 80 per cent by 2050, according to a scientific study out today. That could lead to a more than 10 per cent cut in overall US pollution into the …
Greener cars that use alternative fuels could help the United States slash its greenhouse gas emissions from everyday driving a full 80 per cent by 2050, according to a scientific study out today. That could lead to a more than 10 per cent cut in overall US pollution into the …
The global emergence of biofuels over the last two decades has been met with increased concerns over climate change and sustainable development. This report addresses the core issue of biofuel sustainability and related feedstocks, drawing from a wide range of studies, reports and policy initiatives. The report critically examines the …
Corn ethanol would get a larger share of the U.S. gasoline market under a government proposal on Thursday while ranchers, environmentalists and the oil industry aim to kill the renewable fuels mandate altogether. The Obama administration proposed a 9 percent increase in the so-called renewable fuels standard from 2012, in …
'This year, due to drought conditions, the production estimate was lowered to 520 mn litres. Nearly 500,000 litres of water is required per distillery per day' Distilleries in Maharashtra face a severe cutback in operations and ethanol output due to the state’s severe water shortage. Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, president of the …
A new report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), "Understanding the Health Effects of Ambient Ultrafine Particles" concludes that while there have been a growing number of laboratory and field studies of the effects of ultrafine particles (UFPs), “toxicologic studies in animals, controlled human exposure studies, and epidemiologic studies to …
The Rs.80,000-crore sugar industry, hamstrung by a complex web of state controls, has seen a new ray of hope in last week’s government decision to direct oil firms to pay market price for ethanol purchases from December. Once the Cabinet decision to ensure that the entire country complies with the …
“A new moment for mankind.” That was how Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, described his country’s biofuel boom in March 2007. Back then, Brazil was the poster child of ethanol fuel, its output second only to that of the United States. Fermenting the sugars in the country’s …
In a major leap in the field of power generation, India will soon start a project to generate electricity through geothermal energy. The announcement was made by the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, at the inaugural session of a two-day Northern Regional Science Congress (NRSC) organised …
Oil marketing companies have to mix 5% ethanol with petrol;CCEA approves market-based pricing of the biofuel The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has made it mandatory for oil marketing companies (OMCs) Bharat Petroleum,Hindustan Petroleum and Indian Oil Corporation to blend 5% ethanol with petrol.This is likely to reduce the …
A modern garbage treatment plant will be set up for producing ethanol and jet fuel in the district like the developed countries. The construction work of the plant will begin in the middle of the next year. To this effect, Sylhet City Corporation signed an agreement with Eco World Wide …
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has received increasing attention in recent years, with claims for its potential as a “carbon negative” technology, to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations. http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BECCS-report.pdf
New research provides the latest numbers behind ethanol’s toll on global food prices—$11.6 billion in higher prices for corn importing countries over a period of six years. More than half, $6.6 billion, of that was borne by developing nations, where a high percentage of household income is spent on food. …
Permitting ethanol production will save up huge chunk of foreign exchange spent on petroleum exports, said S. Nallasamy, pro-toddy activist and field organiser of People’s Movement of India. He was speaking to reporters here after the ethanol campaign journey led by him reached Tiruvannamalai on Saturday. “India relies on imports …
Land meant for food crops being used to grow biofuel crops; may push up food prices by 36 per cent by 2020. The European Union’s biofuel production targets are depriving people of food, land and water across the world. Increasing biofuel production is one of the measures taken to reduce …
The People's Movement of India will launch a nation-wide awareness campaign and take out a yatra from Coimbatore to New Delhi to urge the Central Government to promote the use of ethanol as an alternative automotive fuel. The campaign will be launched on September 21 and the yatra will commence …
New Delhi Generation-based incentives and depreciation allowance to encourage production of power from new and renewable sources will be on top agenda for the 12th Plan. ‘‘The provision for inclusion of these incentives has been discussed with the Planning Commission and I have requested the planners to offer these for …
