In India, The Hindu reported that Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, has urged State governments to promote the production and use of ethanol as an alternative fuel source as he considers that it would not only help save the environment, but also support farmers. “In the near future, we will see […]
In India, specialty chemical company Perstorp has brought a new, biobased pentaerythritol and penta chemicals production plant online at Sayakha. The site has the capacity to annually produce 40,000 metric tons of pentaerythritol and 26,000 metric tons of calcium formate. The plant is the largest Asian investment in Perstorp’s history, Gorm Jensen, Perstorp’s Executive Vice […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports TruAlt Bioenergy will expand its ethanol production by 270,000 liters per day in the next fiscal year and is set to invest up to $72 million setting up 10 other ethanol plants. Current production is around 2 million liters per day at 5 facilities. The company is […]
In India, Money Control reported that India is working to accelerate collaborations with Germany for advanced technologies in the biofuel sector, according to Gaurav Kedia, Chairman of Indian Biogas Association (IBA). The government is looking at technologies from Germany to process feedstock which is not sugar-based such as paddy straw and municipal solid waste, said […]
In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has released the guidelines for green hydrogen pilots in buses, trucks and four-wheelers that will be undertaken by the Ministry of Road Transport. The green hydrogen guidelines allow for the fuel to be used in fuel cells as well as internal […]
In India, Global Green News reports Cochin International Airport has signed an MOU with Bharat Petroleum Corporation to set up the first green hydrogen production facility co-located at an airport in the world. The plant will produce 1MW of power and should be completed by early next year. The airport is already the world’s first […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports oil marketing company will secure more than 3 billion liters of ethanol from dedicated ethanol plants across eight states that are under development. About 970 million liters will come from Tamil Nadu alone. The agreements require the facilities to supply the first tranche of ethanol within two […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line reports that Organic Recycling Systems Ltd has teamed with SB Infowaves to develop an AI-driven predictive modeling tool for monitoring anaerobic digestion (AD) reactors that will help to analyze the health status of the digesters and therefore boost efficiency. ORS Ltd’s Solapur plant will provide the historical data for […]
In India, Praj Industries has told Times of India that its polylactic acid pilot plant will come online by April. Scaling the biodegradable and biobased plastic is in line with Praj’s efforts to develop renewable chemicals and recent policy announcements by the Indian government. “Our work to develop technologies for biopolymers and bioplastics are at […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Indian Biogas Association says that by investing $36 billion in compressed biogas, the country could reduce its natural gas imports by 12 million metric tons annually. To make the investments viable, especially for bulking biomass feedstocks such as rice straw, the IBA says the government needs […]
