Flex fuel policy of government to curb pollution worry automakers
The move will decrease pollution and encourage a diversion in the sugar industry’s output away from sugar and towards ethanol India can soon expect a policy on flexible-fuel cars, cars that can run
View ArticleChempolis and Fortum eye renewable energy space
Apart from Sharper Shape, Finland's Chempolis and Fortum, too, have big plans to invest in India. Chempolis, which has developed technologies for energy from waste and for ethanol, has signed a 50:50
View ArticleSecond-generation biofuel markets: state of play, trade and Developing...
UNCTAD's first report on the state of biofuel technologies in 2007 highlighted a sector with great potential, but at the time that was a long way off from markets. In 2015, countries made commitments
View ArticleThe land use change impact of biofuels consumed in the EU
The European Commission published a study by Ecofys, IIASA and E4tech that quantifies the land use change impact of biofuels consumed in the EU. Biofuels are promoted as an option to reduce greenhouse
View ArticlePush for food-based biofuels by EU has caused rise in emissions, says study
Using the so-called green biodiesel for transport was supposed to cut down CO2 emissions but could increase Europe's overall transport emissions by nearly 4%, according to a new EU study. These extra...
View ArticleBiodiesel worse for the environment than fossil fuels, warn green campaigners
Instead of reducing levels of pollution, the use of biodiesel in transport will increase emissions by 4% - the same as putting an extra 12 million cars on the road in 2020 - green campaigners have said.
View ArticleAction Taken Report on Seventh Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the Ethanol...
Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Eleventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventh Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the...
View ArticleTribunal's order to hit oil firms' blending plans
Order passed in response to PIL citing media reports that 33 of 35 distilleries making ethanol in UP lacked licence for storage of hazardous chemicals NGT orders halt on ethanol production Monday's
View ArticleBioethanol production from agro wastes by acid hydrolysis and fermentation...
Agro wastes such as carrot peel, onion peel, potato peel and sugar beet peel are products subjected to saccharification process by Penicillium sp. for the hydrolysis, this process was followed by the
View ArticleNissan to develop ethanol-based fuel cell technology by 2020
Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Tuesday it was developing fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology using ethanol as a hydrogen source in what would be an industry first, and planned to commercialize its system
View ArticleEthanol, bioenergy no threat to food security: report
Bioenergy produced from crops does not threaten food supplies, researchers funded by the U.S. government, World Bank and others said in a report on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to critics of the...
View ArticleGlobal Bioenergy Statistics 2016
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to publish the 3rd Global Bioenergy Statistics report. The report shows that bioenergy is growing at a steady pace. In the year 2013, global biomass supply
View ArticleBiological wizardry ferments carbon monoxide into biofuel
Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide - a common industrial waste gas. "Instead
View ArticleNGT contempt notice against UP govt over ethanol production
It has also referred to UP government's affidavit and contended that only two of the 35 distilleries had requisite license while the others were manufacturing ethanol illegally. National Green Tribunal
View ArticleJet fuel could be produced from trees, study claims
According to researchers, eucalyptus-based fuel would initially be more expensive than fossil fuels to make on a mass scale, but would produce significantly less net carbon emissions. Australia’s iconic
View ArticleBioethanol in Africa: a case for technology transfer and South-South cooperation
Sustainable biofuels have an important role to play in Africa’s development. Sugarcane bioethanol is currently the most cost-effective commercial biofuel and has the highest energy balance. The bioethanol
View ArticleInnovation outlook: advanced liquid biofuels
IRENA’s Renewable Energy Innovation Outlook series analyses the emerging developments making renewable energy technologies (RETs) increasingly competitive in the world’s energy markets and systems....
View ArticleBurning land, burning the climate: the biofuel industry's capture of EU...
There is overwhelming evidence of the harm caused by the European Union’s current bioenergy policy to people in developing countries, to the climate and to Europe’s own sustainable development. The policy
View ArticleWatch: Scientists discover new method to turn carbon dioxide into fuel
The method involves a few inexpensive materials to turn the harmful gas into a useful fuel. In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists have developed a novel electrochemical process that
View ArticleComposition of unrecorded distilled alcohol (bai jiu) produced in small rural...
Unrecorded traditional distilled spirits (bai jiu, 白酒) are made and used throughout rural China for everyday use and special occasions. Nearly every town or village has a distiller to supply the demand.
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