This report summarizes the findings of the Asian Development Bank's technical assistance project TA-7250: Cross- Sectoral Implications of Biofuel Production and Use in India. Implementation of its national biofuel policy will help offset the effects of oil price increases on the economy of India in the next 2 decades.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report, titled “Developing Sustainable Trade in Bioenergy: Summary and Conclusions from the IEA Bioenergy ExCo65 Workshop,” which lays out perspectives on bioenergy trade, with a focus on Asia.

Biofuels could provide up to 27% of total transport fuel worldwide by 2050. The use of transport fuels from biomass, when produced sustainably, can help cut petroleum use and reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector, especially in heavy transport. Sustainable biofuel technologies, in particular advanced biofuels, will play an important role in achieving this roadmap vision.

This report summarises the findings of a study conducted by North Energy on behalf of Nature Kenya, RSPB, ActionAid, and BirdLife International. The study assesses the life?cycle greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed jatropha plantation in the Dakatcha woodlands, Kenya, that will mainly be used for biofuels in  the European market. 
 

This project evaluates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the proposed scheme to produce biofuels from jatropha cultivated in the Dakatcha woodlands by Kenya Jatropha Energy Ltd (100% owned by Nuove Iniziative Industrialisrl of Milan, Italy) for relevant uses in Kenya and Italy.

This report reviews new vehicle fuels and technologies that are likely to be commercially available within the next 10 years in the United States and other industrialized countries at a level that could result in significant population exposure.

RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI
In a surprise move the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and ICAT has come up with a study that claims diesel is less polluting than CNG.

The study, titled

The green experiment on the city

Even as ethanol blending is gathering steam, the biodiesel blending programme has failed to take off, due to issues like higher raw material prices, marketing and double taxation by state governments.

New Delhi: The railways is going green in a big way.
The state-run transporter has initiated a slew of

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