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(Express News Service) The first commercial biodiesel unit owned by Eco Green Fuels Pvt Ltd was launched here (Bangalore) on Sunday (February 20, 2011). Inaugurating the plant, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and BJP national …
(The Hindu) Bangalore: Karnataka’s first-ever commercial bio-diesel production unit installed by Eco Green Fuels Private Limited was inaugurated by the Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari at Peenya here on Sunday.
Hailing the efforts, Mr. Gadkari, …
(Deccan Herald) Horticulture Research Station waiting nod from Varsity
The Horticulture Research Station in Ullal has submitted a proposal to the Horticulture University in Bagalkot to prepare bio-ethanol from cashew apple, said Station Head Dr Lakshman.
Speaking …
(Jamaica Information Service) A $10.3 million research partnership agreement for a small scale biodiesel pilot project, using Jamaican oilseed bearing plants to produce fuel, was signed Friday February 11 between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s …
(Economic Times/India Times) In one of the biggest initiatives for bio-fuel production in the country, Indian Railways is poised to set up four bio-diesel plants costing about Rs 120 crore.
While two bio-diesel esterification plants are …
(Deccan Herald) In one of the biggest initiatives for bio-fuel production in the country, Indian Railways is poised to set up four bio-diesel plants costing about Rs 120 crore.
While two bio-diesel esterification plants are going …
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) …The reality, however, is that Indian ethanol plants increasingly are co-located with distilleries, using their waste as feedstock, and as a result competition between the liquor and ethanol industries …
(Mission NewEnergy Ltd.) Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce results of the Jatropha planting season as follows:
Outperformed projected new Jatropha …
by P Sivaramakrishnan (BBC News) A pilot project to see if cash crops can be grown in the salty ground of India’s coastal areas has been launched. The area in Tamil Nadu …
(The Independent) Pressure on Opec, which has a vested interest in a high oil price, offers no long-term solution
Is the world on the brink of another ruinous oil shock? The International Energy Agency (IEA), which speaks …
(Sugar Industry) Praj Industries, a small cap company provides turnkey plants and equipments for fermentation and distillation systems used in bio fuels processing, primarily which are ethanol related.
Sabyasachi Ganguly, Analyst, Indiabulls Securities and author …
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest-Asia) India’s recent flip-flops on sugar supply and exports have angered many in the sensitive global commodities markets and even been ascribed to a sort of national dementia. But as is …
(myCFO/LanzaTech) IndianOil, India’s flagship petroleum major, and LanzaTech, a leading clean energy technology company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration in a technology demonstration that will enable IndianOil to produce fuel grade …
(The Economic Times) The government should raise the price of bio-diesel obtained from the jatropha plant to support the bio-diesel industry’s sustainability efforts, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says.
…The study estimates that if …
(India Transport Portal) While biofuels are being considered as the alternative fuel for the vehicles in number of countries, they are not the sustainable option as the fuel for automobiles in India, said Jairam Ramesh, …
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) …#1 It’s a breakthrough year for Asian biofuels science and technology. Many scientific and technological developments that simmered away in Asian labs and pilot plants in 2010 are set …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Qteros and Praj will collaborate on a highly focused, multi-year development program with the objective of rapidly developing and commercializing Process Design Packages (PDPs) that enable cellulosic ethanol production using …
by M.S. Swaminathan(The Hindu) … On December 26, 2010, which marks the sixth anniversary of the tsunami which caused severe damage in Tamil Nadu and other States, a Salt Satyagraha Memorial Programme is being launched …
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) 2010 is sure to be remembered as the year Asia’s biofuels boom became self-sustaining. Double digit Asian economic growth, government and private investment, international business collaborations and research networks drove …
In the India, CJP is set to hold Global Algae Biodiesel World India Programme 2011 in India from APRIL 5 to 6 , 2011. CJP’s Global Algae World India 11 focuses on the entire algae …
(Mission NewEnergy) Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with JOil (S) …
(Algae Industry Magazine) Australia Australian scientists are claiming the world’s best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, following a joint $3.3 million project led by Murdoch University and involving the University …
(ABC Rural) …At a meeting in London, the Global Sugar Alliance has called on governments to eliminate subsidies and trade barriers.
It says sugar consumption around the world is expected to increase by 40 million tonnes …
(Waste Management World) Two scientists from Sri Paramakalyani Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sciences (SPKCEES) – affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University – have extracted fuel from agro-waste, according to The Hindu Times.
C. Sathesh Prabhu, a …
(Deccan Herald) Sardine oil, cashew apples, jackfruit are good source of bio-ethanol
State Taskforce on Biofuels is ready with several initiatives and programmes to boost the production of biofuels. In coastal districts, the taskforce will produce …
by Vijaysinh Parmar (Times of India) Scientists from across the country, belonging to a consortium of nine laboratories, are working on an ambitious project called ‘New Millennium India Technology Leadership Initiative’ ( NMITLI), to develop …
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest) …The US president’s visits to four key Asian democracies were scheduled long in advance to coincide with the G20 Summit in Korea and boost US sales of technology and equipment in Asia. …
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia) …On the one hand, the EU position to allow import of uncertified Malaysian palm biodiesel, but withhold EU subsidies, is not clear or comprehensive enough. On the Asian side, …
(Times of India) Beginning later this month, the jatropha crop will be planted across 30,000 acres in the arid districts of Bankura, Birbhum, West Midnapore and Purulia over the next 15 years. Around 10 lakh …
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest Asia) What if we could get all the decision-makers together in one room? I’m not the only person who believes a lot of problems in our industry would be solved. That’s …
Globally the biofuel industry is moving towards biomass-based hydrocarbon fuels that follow a sustainable, cost-effective production. The futuristic biofuels must be compatible with the existing engines, refineries and distribution infrastructure. They should be commercially sustainable …
by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest) …“If there were a medal for valor in biofuels it would certainly go to the board of D1 Oils, which has now had to repel its third take-over attempt by …
(The Hindu) The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has proposed to initiate and establish bio-fuel plantations with financial assistance of Central Government.
…“Increasing interest is shown towards the utility of Tree Borne Oilseeds (TBOs) like jatropha, pungam, …
(Waste Management World) A new waste to biofuel facility in Delhi, India has been inaugurated by the government of Delhi’s chief minister, Sheila Dikshit.
Located at Delhi Secretariat, the plant is part of an initiative to …
(The Financial Express) …Asked about plans to take the Nano global, Telang said many of the emerging markets have a similar requirement as that of India. “In the SAARC countries, the expectations of vehicles are …
(The Assam Tribune) The D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Ltd has developed jatropha plantation over 51,000 hectares of land and the plantation carried out by the company in 2007 has started yielding sub-commercial crops … …
by Faizan Ahmad (Times of India) The Centre is contemplating giving permission to Bihar to for production of ethanol in sugar factories even without producing sugar. … (Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar) said he was …
by Sreenivas Ghatty (Commodity Online) …Pongamia, a plant producing non-edible oilseeds, has the potential to become one of the cheapest feedstocks that can be produced in most of the tropical and sub tropical regions of …
(Business Standard) Minister for large and medium industries Murugesh Nirani inaugurated the bio-diesel park which has been set up at the the Karnataka State Women’s University campus in Bijapur.
…This unit will work as a bio-diesel …
(Times of India) Experts feel India must capitalize on biofuels.
At a workshop on ‘Research opportunities in biofuels’, chairman of Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Prof J Srinivasan said there should be a fundamental difference in …
(PR-USA.net) Now that the government’s practice of regulating fuel prices has come to an end, private oil companies and alternative fuels get their big chance. …So far the Government has kept fuel prices at a …
(Business Standard) Editorial …Though, at present, international food prices are ruling lower than their peaks in 2008, FAO expects them to begin picking up again due to a surge in consumer demand as well as …
(MarketWire) Mission NewEnergy Ltd., a vertically integrated biodiesel refiner, and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce that it has aggregated, crushed and shipped commercial quantities of Jatropha oil from its …
(CSIR India/The Economic Times) …The Central Salt Marine Chemicals and Research Institute (CSMCRI) located in Bhavnagar district of the state has hit upon a process by which biodegradable polymers can be developed at almost zero-cost …
by Joelle Dent (Biomass Digest Asia) …On the science and technology front it has an excellent technical education system in the IITs and access to the 39 advanced research laboratories of the Council of Scientific …
by K Rajani Kanth (Business Standard) Southern Online Biotechnologies Limited, a Hyderabad-based Internet services provider (ISP) and biodiesel manufacturer, is tapping the biodiesel export market and is expecting to garner Rs 75 crore forex revenues in …
(Times of India) In a major eco-friendly step towards renewable energy generation in India, seaweed sourced ethanol (ethyl alcohol), a biofuel additive in transport fuel, has been used to run a car for the first …
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Digest readers who closely analyze the Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database will have noticed that, commencing in 2012, biobutanol is scheduled to grow rapidly from pilot stage today to more than 500 …
(Xomba) Megha Rathee’s mint green Scorpio sits like any other car in a corporate parking lot in Gurgaon, Delihi’s suburb of global companies. There’s no indication that is a remarkable vehicle – India’s first commercial car …
by Pramod Chaudhari (Business Outlook India) Leadership isn’t a popularity contest. It involves taking tough decisions that may not go down well with other stakeholders.
…Green leadership comes with its share of brickbats as also rewards. …
