Biofuels have been hailed as key to reducing our fossil-fuel dependence, yet their environmental and social impacts remain uncertain. A complex task lies ahead for policy makers.
The Assam government has drafted an ambitious plan to introduce cultivation of jatropha (Jatropha curcas ) to help farmers boost their income, and also to produce bio-diesel.
The state agriculture department last week organised a day-long training workshop for farmers and NGOs working in rural areas to popularise the crop.
CHENNAI: The Centre for Waste Management (CWM) of Sathyabama University, in association with the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), have started off a bio-diesel production centre on the campus of the University. The cooking oil waste generated at the University
TAMBARAM: Despite legislations in place for more than a decade, there was no visible improvement in the area of solid waste management throughout the country, speakers said at a seminar here on Tuesday.
Academicians, experts, government representatives, municipal engineers, students and young researchers came together at a seminar on waste management organised by the Centre for Waste Management
Drought will sharply cut the rapeseed harvest in Germany, which produces about a quarter of the European Union's crop, and is likely to force biodiesel producers to cut output.
About 75 percent of Germany's rapeseed is used by its biodiesel industry, the largest in the EU.
"The biodiesel producers must seek to find alternative supplies or may face the prospect of cutting their production," s
London: In what could give new meaning to fast food, scientists have discovered a way to extract oil from pasties, crisps and other food waste and turn that into an eco-friendly fuel.
British fuel supplier Greenergy International announced that it has developed a new technology to extract cooking oil from food waste and blend it with diesel to produce an environmentally-friendly fuel.
The Western and Central railways have decided to go green in order to reduce its carbon footprint. They have been planting saplings of jatropha, a major source of bio-diesel, on pilot basis.
''Running trains on bio-fuel will help cut down the cost of operations and also cause less pollution. We have sucessfully conducted trial runs using bio-diesel.
This paper examines economy-wide impacts of expansion of biodiesel production to meet the blending target using a computable general equilibrium model. Assesses impacts of biodiesel expansion on household welfare, other sectors of the economy, carbon emissions, rural development, and employment generation.
Biofuels are globally considered sustainable and ecofriendly source of energy to enhance national energy security and decrease dependence on imported fossil fuels. During the past one decade, Government of India (GoI) has initiated several measures to augment production and use of biofuels.
