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Railways to go green with four bio-diesel plants [1]

Praveen Kumar Singh

New Delhi: Indian Railways has planned to set up four bio-diesel plants to reduce its carbon footprint and take forward its experiment with non-conventional form of energy. It is already planting saplings of jatropha, one of the sources of bio-diesel, on pilot basis in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

Publication Date: 
10/08/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Biodiesel [3], Alternative Fuels [4], Energy [5], Rail Transport [6], Bio Fuel Crops [7], Jetropha [8]
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