The issue of increasing ethanol blend in petrol to 10%, from the current level of 5%, has once again fuelled protests from oil marketing Companies. While Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) says that ethanol quantity in domestic market would be insufficient, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is of the view that branded fuel shouldn't be supplied without ethanol blending.

Nandan Biomatrix, a Hyderabad-based agri-biotechnology and medicinal plantation company, is planning to set up bioinvestment eco-industrial zones (BIEZs) across the country. The project aims to bring fallow land under jatropha cultivation, which will be used to make biofuel.

In February, on a chilly, clear Sunday morning, Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, along with co-sponsors Boeing and GE Aviation, lured more than 200 journalists to a hangar at Heathrow to witness what they said was airline history. Everyone's eyes were fixed on a 747 as it took off on the world's first biofuel demonstration flight.

Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), has announced that its entire sub 100 HP range of Massey Ferguson and TAFE tractors, barring one model, has been made compatible for use with bio diesel. These tractors can use the current 5% blend of regular diesel with diesel produced by esterising vegetable oils obtained from Corn, Jatropha, Rape Seed, etc. Since use of edible oil for this purpose is banned in our country, oil from Jatropha is normally used for making bio diesel which is a green fuel, bio degradable and environmental friendly.

Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who since 2006 has presided over this small country that derives 80 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources, has been named the greenest political leader by NEWSWEEK. Iceland's happy status

biofuels have often been billed as the silver bullets of climate change. In recent times, however, their benefits have come under scrutiny. One analysis suggests that clearing forests and savannah

Credit Suisse-backed private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners will focus on investments in wind, solar and biofuels, with deal sizes averaging about $100 million, its managing partners said Wednesday. John Cavalier, former head of Credit Suisse's renewable energy investment banking practice, and Neil Auerbach, Hudson's founder, said in an interview that the firm was focused on companies with commercialized technology, or those that are on the verge of commercialization.

As crude oil prices soar to new highs, Brazil's state-owned petroleum company Petrobras is looking beyond the windfall to place bets in the growing alternative energy market. The company does

The us demand for corn-based ethanol could cause nutrient-pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, expanding its dead zone, say scientists. The dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer

The City-based National Institute of Engineering (NIE), which is known for its research facility and talent, has organised a six-day workshop for rural folk, imparting knowledge on various energy-base