Producers of biodiesel, banned from selling the fuel as a transport fuel, are looking to enter long-term supply arrangements with telecom tower operators, who use diesel gensets for power backup purposes. India has more than 20 biodiesel producers wi More...

The West Bengal Government has made mandatory the use of 30 per cent bio-diesel for running any “old” diesel generating sets, manufactured before 2002, by all commercial and industrial establishments in the State. According to bio-diesel More...

Industry has long been wary of mass-producing biodegradable plastics, not only because of deficient technology, but also because of the high costs usually associated with them. But a CSIR-funded institute in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, might just have the so More...

New Delhi: General Motors India, along with the US Department of Energy, has tied up with Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute under the ministry of science and technology to grow jatropha. Jatropha is used in the manufacture of biofuel More...