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Republic Day 2024

23 Jan 2024

IAF To Fly Dornier 228 Aircrafts On Republic Day Using ATF And Biofuel Blend

To put a more sustainable fuel solutions to use, Indian Air Force has decided to fly Dornier 228 aircrafts in the tangail formation on the Republic Day using a blend of biofuel of aviation turbine fuel.

World Biofuel Day

10 Aug 2023

World Biofuel Day: How Ethanol Can Reduce Vehicular Pollution In India?

World Biofuel Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Ethanol Plant in Panipat with capacity to generate about three crore litres of Ethanol annually.

04 Jan 2023

Why airlines are relying on used cooking oil as fuel for reducing emissions?

International air carriers must reduce their carbon emissions to almost nothing by 2050, according to a goal set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in October 2022.

31 May 2022

Flex Fuel: How it can reduce petrol cost in India, reduce pollution; explained

Flex Fuel is a blend of petrol/diesel and ethanol/methanol India is yet to introduce a policy on Flex Fuel’s use Cannot be used on existing petrol/diesel power plants

Indian Bio Jet Fuel

29 Nov 2021

Atmanirbhar Bharat: IAF aircraft to fly on 'made in India' bio-jet fuel

The fuel was also used on a civil, commercial demonstration flight operated by SpiceJet on 27 Aug 18 from Dehradun to Delhi In 2019, AN-32 aircraft, filled with blended bio-jet fuel, had flown over Raj Path at New Delhi during the Republic Day celebrations The approval will uplift the livelihoods of those engaged in producing, collecting, and extracting non-edible oils

Union Minister RTH Nitin Gadkari

11 Sep 2018

Gadkari urges farmers to make biofuel to replace petrol, diesel

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had earlier blamed international factors for the hike in fuel prices.

Recycled waste fuel

01 Nov 2017

In China, cars can now run on biodiesel made from recycled gutter oil

05 Jan 2016

New 'nano-reactor' to produce hydrogen biofuel

Scientists have created a cheap and highly efficient biomaterial that catalyses the formation of hydrogen, an advance that may lead to new environmentally friendly ways of producing biofuel.

ecoDemonstrator 787

07 Dec 2014

Boeing aircraft makes first 'green diesel' powered flight

The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane on December 2 with a blend of 15 percent green diesel and 85 percent petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.

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