This briefing paper reviews evidence of the impacts of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on food prices, with a focus on corn and soy, and presents new analysis on the impact of the RFS on U.S. livestock farmers. Studies examining the relationship between food prices and biofuel demand conclude …
Bengaluru, March 14: A chemical engineer from the city is on a mission to promote the use of green energy. Avinash Narayanaswamy, chemical engineer and postgraduate in sustainable energy technology from the University of Twente in Netherlands, will drive 17,000 km from London to Mongolia in a vehicle run entirely …
'A quantum of 135 million litre ethanol is being produced from six sugar factories of the State annually. This is being used with petrol as a fuel. There is a target of increasing the use of ethenal to 10 per cent in the State by the end of next year,' …
Aerosols: Integrating an understanding of source-receptor relationships with climate forcing on regional scales a paper presented by Chandra Venkataraman at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
Imagine the most sophisticated engineering feat you can think of, and you might not consider a living cell. And yet cells are fabulously sophisticated, able to produce all the proteins, tissues, and biological circuits that give rise to life. Scientists have spent hundreds of years just trying to understand cells …
Following one of the worst years in economic history, signs of hope have begun to emerge for the clean-tech sector, with clean energy becoming a driving force for global economic recovery from Beijing to Seoul, and Washington D.C. to Brussels. The Clean Energy Trends report includes growth projections for the …
Global demand for biofuels has risen sharply over the last decade, driven initially by oil price hikes and the need for greater energy security. Support measures were established in many countries in recognition of the potential of biofuel development in reducing dependence on fossil fuels, increasing farm revenues, and generating …
A GOVERNMENT plan to buy ethanol for blending with petrol at a price of Rs 27 per litre may be limited to six months, although agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has asked the price to be frozen for the next three years in line with the demand by sugar mills. Mr …
Any policy on blending ethanol with petrol has to keep in mind the costs involved in ethanol production - excessive use of scarce water to grow sugarcane and the effluents discharged in the process. Rakesh BhartiaRakesh Bhartia CEO, India Glycols Apart from reducing feedstock for the chemicals industry, there are …
Applauding the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission 2022 initiative launched by India to unleash 20,000 MW of power during the next decade, US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has expressed its strong desire to be associated with the Indian Government, industry and academia to research and develop clean energy green technology …
In line with the National Biofuel Policy approved by the Centre last December, the Delhi government is identifying wastelands and forestland at present on the city
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different.
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical: a report.
DIFFERENCES have emerged within the government over mandatory blending of petrol with ethanol. Fertilisers & chemicals minister MK Azhagiri has written to the prime minister asking that the November 2009 decision of the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) be reviewed and the mandatory blending be deferred until such time …
Part of Indo-Canada co-operation programme. Shubhra Tandon India will soon start research on production of biofuels for the aviation industry. The project's framework is expected to be ready in the 18 months. Trial production of bio jet fuel will begin in three years. Seven kilolitres will be produced on a …
''What the scientists are saying about global warming and the glaciers in North and South Poles melting and raising the sea level is all bull****!,'' observed Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda here on Thursday. He was speaking at the launch of a Biofuel Information and Research Centre at the University …
