EU takes note of negative impacts of biofuel, plans policy change

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

India’s ethanol mandate comes with some hidden trade-offs

India’s push for ethanol has raised concerns about its impact on the environment & food security

India's 20% ethanol-petrol blending target advanced to 2025

Currently, 8.5% of ethanol is blended with petrol in India

India bans export of non-basmati rice

Food vs fuel

Ambanis play power games with nuclear energy and ethanol

Empty Promises

The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this …

Biofuel good idea, bad practice

Biodiesel from microalgae becomes a reality

May be available commercially in five years

US relaxes emission norms for ethanol plants

China offers incentive for non-food biofuel

Malawi plans for green vehicles

Rise in biofuel demand could trigger food, water crisis

Science & Technology - Briefs

Brazil encouraging flex-fuel vehicles

First ethanol plant unveiled in UK

Florida's draft motor rules

US signs new energy law

Ethanol demand could expand Gulf of Mexico's dead zone

India's ethanol equation

Ethanol blending in petrol is an effective way of increasing domestic petrol availability and for that, all-round efforts need to be made to …

Centre hikes prices of ethanol to bail out sugar industry

The revised price will push more sugar mills to produce ethanol and increase their revenue

How ethanol tax in some states is affecting crisis-ridden sugarcane farmers

State taxes are affecting inter-state supply for ethanol, which could, otherwise, generate additional income for farmers

US, Barzil agreement on biofuels

Germany in transition

From an economy addicted to coal and nuclear energy, Germany is fast transforming into one driven by renewables. Its aim is to demonstrate to the …