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The biodiesel industry in India is at a crossroads. On the one hand, the government of India regularly comes up with policies and “mandates” that are supposed to revive the ailing industry. On the other hand, most biodiesel plants are running way below their capacity owing to the low purchase...

What are the capital costs for setting up ethanol to fuel plants? The answer to this question depends on whether you are looking at deriving ethanol from starch or whether you are looking at putting up cellulose-to-ethanol (called cellulosic ethanol) plants. Well, right now pretty much all large-scale commercial ethanol...

I have mentioned in an earlier blog post that you will find it hard to get an authentic quote for Jatropha oil in India. An equally interesting puzzle is the price of the seed. The seeds of the crop have been seeing a see-saw in its prices. You hear prices...

A gas engine means an engine running on gas, such as coal gas, producer gas biogas, landfill gas, or natural gas. In the UK, the term is unambiguous. In the US, due to the widespread use of “gas” as an abbreviation for gasoline, such an engine might also be called...

What are the capital costs for setting up a biodiesel plant in India? The answer depends on whether you are setting up an integrated biodiesel plant in which you start with crushing of the oilseed or whether the starting point for your biodiesel plant is the vegetable oil. For the...

Biogas is primarily methane that is generated from an anaerobic digestion of organic wastes by microorganisms. It is a relatively simple and economical method to produce a fuel from waste. While technically biogas can be produced from any type of organic material, most times, biogas is produced from organic waste....

Distributed energy generation is a mechanism in which energy is derived from sources of energy that are used close to where the energy is required. This is in contrast to the current situation of energy generation in which the sources of energy are concentrated. For instance, electricity is today generated...

While the whole world – and India – is focussing on solar PV, the other solar counterpart, solar thermal, has enormous potential as a renewable energy source. Solar thermal sources can be used for both heating and power production. Among these two, its use for heating and drying purposes has...

I had attended the conference and had spent the entire day at the Marriott Convention Centre at Hyderabad. I must say it was one of the most productive 8 hours I spent at any conference for a long, long time. Organized by TiE Hyderabad and supported by New Ventures India,...

If you are afraid because your tap has been running dry lately, then it is time you braced yourself for worse times to follow. Terrifying times, in fact. By the year 2020, says a recent World Bank report, most major Indian cities will run dry. Severe water shortage had already...