Govt allows direct sale of bio-diesel by manufacturers

Last Updated: Friday, January 16, 2015, 17:39

Till now, only state-owned oil firms and only those private firms investing Rs 2,000 crore in oil infrastructure were allowed to retail petrol and diesel. Bio-diesel, which is to be doped in diesel before being used to fire automobiles, too was clubbed under this rule.

Toyota to contest 2014 Dakar Rally with biodiesel SUV

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 21:37

All the competing teams in the 5,500-km off-road rally will start in Argentina, go through Bolivia and finish in Chile.

Coffee grounds may serve as future energy resource

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 15:51

Researchers have discovered that an ingredient in our old coffee grounds might someday serve as a cheaper and cleaner energy source.

IOC achieves technological breakthrough

Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 19:39

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Monday said it has developed technology that will help advance the use of non-edible oil extracted from plants like Jatropha (bio-diesel) in auto fuels.

Parl panel asks govt to decide on bio-fuel programme

Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012, 13:54

The Planning Commission had set up a committee on development of bio-fuels, which in its report in 2003, recommended launching a national commission on bio-diesel.

Technology to produce biodiesel from fish waste tested

Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 21:51

Three students of the Karwar Marine Biology Post Graduation Centre here have developed a technology by which bio-diesel can be produced from fish waste.