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AI-driven food waste management: Sofitel Mumbai BKC partners with Winnow
3 Oct, 2023 Sofitel Mumbai BKC has joined hands with Winnow, which utilizes AI-enabled food waste tracking, seamlessly recording food waste data and...
IIT Guwahati develops mitigation for biomass burning and marine oil spills.
IIT Guwahati researchers have developed a silica nanoparticle-coated cotton fabric that can separate oil from an oil-water mixture. The...
BIS standards on Biofuels
September, 2023 The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has developed nine standards on biofuels. It is working on a standard on paraffinic (green)...
3 grain-based ethanol plants by KRIBHCO
KRIBHCO, a fertiliser cooperative, is setting up three ethanol plants in Gujarat, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with a total investment of INR 1,100...
India’s First Industrial Bioplastics Plant in Kolkata by Balrampur Chini Mills
Balrampur Chini Mills in Kolkata, India, is venturing into poly lactic acid (PLA) manufacturing with a new fully integrated facility, marking the...
PM Modi’s Biofuel Initiative – Boon for Sugar industries
September 2023 The G20 summit witnessed the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance, a major initiative to promote sustainable biofuel production and...
Global biofuel alliance at G20 summit launched by India
September, 2023 Together, Brazil, the United States, and India will present the Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA) during the G20 meeting in New Delhi on...
India Biodiesel Plant by Aemetis Expanded to 60 Million Gallons
September 2023 Aemetis, a US-based company that produces renewable natural gas and renewable fuels, has announced that its subsidiary in India,...
Biofuel Junction to Combat Agri-Waste Burning: Schneider Electric Invests
Schneider Electric, an energy management and automation company, has invested in Biofuel Junction, a clean-energy venture that produces solid...
Bamboo Biomass at ₹5.06/kWh: Nagaland’s Green Energy Initiative:
August 2023 A biomass-based power producer, Hutah Industries, signed a PPA with the Department of Power, Nagaland, for a 10 MW bamboo biomass...
Mitsui & Shell-backed biomass-to-steam company Punjab Renewable seeks to raise ₹150 crore
Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt Ltd (PRESPL) is a biomass-to-steam company. PRESPL seeks to raise ₹150 crore. The company's existing...
Agri waste for power and ethanol production in UP
August 2023 The Uttar Pradesh government plans to use agricultural waste or biomass to produce pellets and ethanol for power generation and fuel...
Biomass for Power and Ethanol Production in UP
The government of Uttar Pradesh intends to produce ethanol and power from biomass or agricultural waste. In thermal power plants, biomass will be...
India’s first biomass-based green hydrogen plant to start production in August 2023.
Aranayak Fuel and Power is launching India’s first commercial-scale biomass-based green hydrogen plant in Uttar Pradesh. The plant will use a novel...
Catalyst for bio-jet fuel from waste biomass developed by IIT Jodhpur
Researchers at IIT Jodhpur have developed a novel iron-based catalyst that can produce bio-jet fuel from non-edible oils and waste biomass. The...