A shortfall in ethanol has thrown India's schemes to blend it with gasoline into disarray. Government plans to step up the mandatory blend level to 10% have so far failed to materialise.
Fortum and Metso focus on biomass CCS project
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is teaming up with the US-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), for a pilot project to produce second-generation biofuels. IOC will invest around 200m rupees ($4m) in the project to create bio-ethanol from cellulosic biomass, degradable agricultural waste or wood.
14 May 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:30 GMT
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