IOC today said it has developed technology that will help advance the use of non-edible oil extracted from plants like Jatropha.

The United Nations' top climate official exceeded her brief by a mile pushing the interests of private bio-fuel companies backed by the int...

Aiming to be a green leader, auto major General Motors is working towards developing frost-tolerant varieties of jatropha - a drought-resis...

The rugged Chambal Valley in Madhya Pradesh is being seen as a future energy hub. K S Oils, Ruchi Group and IOC have evinced interest in it...

Veteran Gandhian and Gujarat Loksamiti President Chuni Vaidya today criticised the state govenment's decision to allot land to a private co...

The West Bengal government has taken up a programme to develop cultivation of Jatropha plant to popularise it as a major source of bio-dies...

The $274-billion oil major British Petroleum Plc (BP) is all set to tap the virgin bio-diesel market in India. Fight kids' asthma organical...

JSW Steel, the flagship company of the $6 billion O P Jindal Group, is betting big on Jatropha plantation around its Vijaynagar plant aimin...

Tata Chemicals, which has lined up a one billion dollar investment over the next 2-3 years, will foray into bio-diesel, fresh fruits and ve...

The DARL at Pithoragarh, has attained a breakthrough in developing an oil-yielding jatropha germplasm.

Malaysia plans to develop bio-diesel fuels from a crop called Jatropha, which it will buy from India where it is widely cultivated, an offi...

While the National Policy on Biofuels is waiting in the wings, there is another proposal to promote green fuel.

President APJ Abdul Kalam has stated river basins in the North East are well-suited to cultivation of jatropha, a plant whose oil can be us...

The UK-based green fuel company D1 Oil is planning to set up a refinery in Chennai for processing crude bio-diesel.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has formed a core group at the corporate level to spearhead its plans for large scale production of bio diesel...

The Centre should grant a 10-year exemption of excise and customs duties as well as Central and state levies on bio-diesel or Jatropha oil ...

An apex bio-diesel industry body on Tuesday sought duty sops for manufacturing units on imported raw materials used in the fuel.