India craves a sweet fix for crude addiction. Can it work?India is rapidly expanding its use of ethanol, a sugar-based fuel. This strategy aims to cut reliance on imported crude oil and boost farme...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
Budget 2026: A blueprint for India’s oil and gas sectorIndia is charting a course toward a self-reliant, economically vibrant future under the ‘Kal ka Bharat’ vision, balancing rapid growth, ene...
13 Jan, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Essar Green Mobility eyes USD 1 bn turnover in three yearsEssar Green Mobility aims for USD 1 billion turnover in three years. The company is expanding its green trucking. It focuses on decarbonizi...
24 Sep, 2025, 03.54 PM IST
BPCL plans to invest up to Rs 95,000 cr for refinery in Andhra PradeshBharat Petroleum Corp plans to invest ₹95,000 crore in a new greenfield oil refinery and petrochemical complex near Ramayapatnam Port in An...
25 Aug, 2025, 11.06 PM IST
For the First Time Ever: Scientists Watch Plant Cells Generate Cellulose and Build Cell Walls in Real Time!Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer, is utilized to make a wide range of products like clothes and paper. Also, it helps in filtration ...
16 Apr, 2025, 11.29 PM IST
Food versus fuel: Global Biofuel Alliance sparks off a debate on Indian conditionsThe recently launched Global Biofuel Alliance is being projected as a long-term solution to rising energy requirements. But what about basi...
23 Sep, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
Top automakers readying clean tech to power up future vehiclesWhile two-wheeler makers such as Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, and TVS are looking to commercially launch one model each running on flex fuel ...
18 Sep, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
Shortage of cooking oil looms as biofuels gain global appealFrom the US to Brazil and Indonesia, governments are embracing energy made from plants like soybeans or canola, or even animal fat, to move...
22 Mar, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
Essar's Stanlow to invest in UK’s largest biofuels storage facility“The new facilities at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex and Tranmere Terminal, located within the Port of Liverpool, will allow customers ...
14 Dec, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Praj signs MoU with IndianOil to produce Alcohol to Jet fuelsAs per the MoU, IndianOil and Praj will also collaborate to set up Biofuel production facilities, including CBG, Biodiesel and Ethanol.
09 Nov, 2021, 01.09 PM IST
- IIT-KGP taps microwave radiation to create clean energy from Sunn Hemp
Kharagpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) have tapped microwave radiation to create cl...
26 Feb, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop new technology to manufacture biofuelThe 'soil-to-soil' manufacturing technology developed at the P K Sinha Centre for bio-energy at IIT-KGP is in the process of being patented...
31 May, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
Cheaper jet fuel from fungus in five years: StudyResearchers from the Washington State University used Aspergillus carbonarius ITEM 5010 to create hydrocarbons, the chief component of petr...
07 May, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi asked to find out ways to cut petroleum imports: Nitin GadkariIndia's petroleum imports bills are to the tune of a massive Rs 6 lakh crore per annum, he said, adding green fuels like ethanol, bio-diese...
15 Apr, 2015, 08.35 PM IST
Agricultural waste may power future carsResearchers estimated that more than 400 billion litres of bioethanol could be produced each year from crop wastage.
27 Mar, 2015, 04.58 PM IST
- Forget corn, grow mushrooms to solve energy crisis
A solution to the world’s energy problems may lie in a Chinese mushroom growing in Novozymes A/S laboratories.
08 Nov, 2008, 12.02 AM IST
- Government asks oil producers to rethink policy
India on Sunday asked oil producers to rethink their policy which was imposing "crippling burden" on developing countries and sought a thor...
13 Apr, 2008, 08.13 PM IST