SpiceJet airlines planned to operate a turboprop, Q-400, from Dehradun to Delhi on August 27, using biofuel as a sustainable alternative, making India the first developing nation to make such an initiative after countries like United States and Australia. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged off the flight in[Read More…]
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North-East to soon produce bio-fuel from bamboo
In Assam, a biofuel refinery, set up at the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) is soon to produce biofuel from bamboo. Significantly, bamboo is abundantly found in the north-east. The Arunachal Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NRL for funding three lakh tonnes of bamboo per year from[Read More…]