Scientists at the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute are working on a project to develop frost-tolerant varieties of bio-fuel bearing Jatropha plant for large-scale plantation in......
It was supposed to replace a fifth of India's diesel consumption by 2011-- a projection that led the government to identify 4,00,000 square kms (98 million acres) of land where it could be grown.......
Isonox Bio-Energy, the first bio-diesel manufacturing unit in Nashik, has started operations at the Ambad area of MIDC Nashik. The unit will manufacture bio-diesel from Jatropha curcas seeds.With......
The Planning Commission has given an in-principle nod to allocating Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) as part of the Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) National Bio-Diesel Mission, Rural Development......