Mangalore, June 7 All the buses of KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) in Karnataka are likely to run on bio-fuel by the end of 2010-11. At present, around 2,000 buses in KSRTC are being run by fuel blended with ethanol.

R. Balaji

Chennai: Nearly a decade after the Centre decided on an ethanol-blended petrol programme, it is yet to expand the supply countrywide despite a law that makes it mandatory. Lack of priorities, conflict of interest between the States and the Centre and pricing issues have stymied the programme, say the stakeholders.

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is planning to invest around Rs. 614 crore in two sugar mills it had bought in Bihar to manufacture ethanol to be blended with petrol. The HPCL board had already given its approval to the investment proposal.

Official sources said the two plants would produce 60 kilolitres of ethanol a day to blend with petrol.
Tender

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will focus on renewable fuels during his visit to Beijing this week, hoping to team up with China to develop bio-fuels, the Caijing Magazine has reported.

Lula arrived in Beijing on Monday and will pay a state visit for three days.

Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai May 12, 2009, 1:13 IST

The green theme of the Obama administration will soon be reflected on India as well.

The government-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is tying up with US-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for a pilot project to produce second generation biofuel.

Diesel-run vehicle owners seemed to be losing interest in converting engines into CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), which poses a major setback for some 138 conversion workshops in the country.

The Tk 2,000 crore industry is now running under-utilized with eventual threat of becoming sick. The petrol-run vehicle owners, however, still find converting engines to CNG cost effective.

NEW DELHI: Chennai-based Precise Industries launched Gloa Gas in the Capital this past week to provide customers across the country an innovative cooking gas fuel at an economic price.

Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is holding a seminar here on National Bio-Diesel Programme on May 18 for strategizing commercial scale production of bio-diesel in the country. The recommendations of the seminar will assist in consolidating the policy and regulatory framework for bio-diesel currently being formulated by AEDB.

A Florida utility and a real estate developer are aiming to bring the country's first solar-powered city to the Sunshine State.

The National Electric Power Authority (Nepra) has announced simplification of licencing procedures and a major cut in the licence fee for small scale renewable energy projects.