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  PM Modi launches Global Biofuels Alliance in his clean energy push on sidelines of G20 Summit

  India | September 09, 2023 20:10 IST

  G20 Summit 2023: "The launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance marks a watershed moment in our quest towards sustainability and clean energy," tweeted PM Modi.

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  Global Biofuels Alliance likely to be launched at G20 today

  India | September 09, 2023 9:42 IST

  The Global Biofuels Alliance, which the world's third biggest oil consumer wants to push during its G20 presidency, mirrors the International Solar Alliance (ISA) piloted by New Delhi and Paris in 2015 to bring clean and affordable solar energy within the reach of all.

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  Amendments to National Policy on Biofuels will boost 'Make in India': PM Modi

  India | May 18, 2022 22:16 IST

  The Union Cabinet has approved advancing the target of blending 20 per cent ethanol in petrol by 5 years to 2025-26 as well as allowing more feedstocks for the production of biofuels in a bid to cut reliance on imported oil for meeting the country's energy needs.

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  Is it time to move to Electric Vehicles? Here's what Bill Gates thinks

  Auto | August 25, 2020 8:12 IST

  Bill Gates on Tuesday said that there is an ardent need to cut down the emission of greenhouse gases. According to Gates, this can be done by the use of clean electricity to run all the vehicles we can, and get cheap alternative fuels for everything else. The co-founder of Microsoft said in his blog that there has been a lot of progress on electric vehicles so far. 

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  Indian researchers show how Covid-19 PPE can turn into biofuel

  Science | August 04, 2020 16:16 IST

  Plastic from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can and should be transformed into renewable liquid fuels, according to Indian researchers.

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  SpiceJet operates India's first flight partially powered by bio-fuel between Delhi-Dehradun

  Business | August 27, 2018 13:10 IST

  According to an ANI report, the flight utilised 75 per cent of aviation turbine fuel and 25 per cent of biofuel.

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  World BioFuel Day: PM Modi says use of ethanol as fuel could save India Rs 12,000cr

  India | August 10, 2018 14:40 IST

  Prime Minister on Friday blamed previous governments for not taking the ethanol blending programme seriously. The government will achieve 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by 2022 and is targeting to double it to 20 per cent by 2030, he added.

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  PM Modi to address diverse gathering on World Biofuel Day

  India | August 09, 2018 15:51 IST

  Biofuels have synergies with various government initiatives, including enhancing farmers’ incomes and Swachh Bharat.

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  India Union Budget 2018 Highlights: Gobar Dhan scheme to convert cattle dung into bio fuel announced

  Budget | February 01, 2018 16:43 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the launch of the Gobar Dhan scheme to manage and convert cattle dung and solid water into compost and bio-fuel.

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  Do you know cookstoves in India are more polluting than thought?

  Health | January 03, 2018 21:01 IST

  The cookstoves are used with cheap biofuels -- such as crop chaff or dung, finds a study, led by one of the Indian-origin professors.

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  Indian scientists running vehicles with coconut oil, impressive mileage of 22.5km

  India | February 09, 2015 8:23 IST

  Kochi: In a joint experiment, scientist and engineers from   SCMS Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Development and SCMS School of Engineering have successfully transformed coconut oil into an effective biofuel which can be

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