India’s $1 trillion import dependence makes green transition a strategic necessityIndia faces significant import reliance across key sectors. Aatmanirbharta requires a growth model shift, with the green economy offering a...
19 May, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
India, Japan strengthen energy cooperation through ministerial dialogueIndia and Japan have agreed to broaden their collaboration in the energy sector, focusing on carbon capture, green chemicals, and biofuels....
25 Aug, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
AM Green, Rotterdam Port sign pact for green energy supply chainAM Green and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have partnered to establish a green energy supply chain between India and Northwestern Europe,...
26 May, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
Indian energy producer AM Green seeks $1 billion funding, sources sayThe firm is working with an adviser on the fundraising to bolster its ability to produce green hydrogen and other chemical compounds, the p...
01 Nov, 2023, 07.42 AM IST
Biofuels and green hydrogen: Need for PLI boost in Budget 2023India imports nearly all the oil it needs, which costs it about Rs 2,000 crore each day. India’s focus shift to other alternatives such as ...
18 Jan, 2023, 06.29 PM IST
Gujarat Biotech University researchers developing technologies to manufacture carbon-free fuelWith the vision of making a "green process concept", the research group is working on "whole-cell bio-catalysis" (WCB) for the synthesis of...
24 Apr, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Karnataka will tap PLI to build its bio-pharma & medical devices sector, says Ashwath NarayanKarnataka's bio-economy, currently valued at $ 24.4 billion contributing 33% of the national share, is on course to achieve $ 50 billion by...
22 Mar, 2022, 08.54 PM IST
New low-cost method to turn plant waste into biofuelsThe approach features an ammonia-salt based solvent that rapidly turns plant fibres into sugars needed to make ethanol.
15 Jan, 2020, 05.44 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
Toy Train's eco-friendly chug ends: Bal Bhavan authorities ditch biofuelBal Bhavan claims biofuel reduced efficiency of Putani Express. Makers of the biofuel, however, hold it was stopped for monetary reasons.
27 Jul, 2016, 05.01 PM 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
- Boeing aircraft makes first 'green diesel' powered flight
A Boeing aircraft has completed the world's first flight using 'green diesel', a sustainable biofuel made from vegetable oils, waste cookin...
07 Dec, 2014, 03.04 PM IST
Boeing aircraft makes first 'green diesel' powered flightThe company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane on December 2 with a blend of 15 per cent green diesel and 85 per cent pet...
07 Dec, 2014, 01.24 PM IST
- Don't fall for jatropha plants, warns UN body
In a significant implication for the country’s biofuel policy, a specialised arm of the United Nations has warned that the developing count...
26 Jul, 2010, 05.16 AM IST
- GM in pact to develop Jatropha fuel for US
Aiming to be a green leader, auto major General Motors is working towards developing frost-tolerant varieties of jatropha - a drought-resis...
13 Apr, 2010, 01.11 AM IST
'Green diesel is fully fungible'Jennifer Holmgren is director of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals Business at UOP, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell, a For...
13 Oct, 2007, 04.06 AM IST
- Bio Green clears Rs 3 cr debt with IDBI
Bio Green Industries said its subsidiary Shivsagar Paper and Chemcials has cleared its debts worth Rs 3 crore with Stressed Assets Stabiliz...
13 Aug, 2007, 07.15 PM IST