SpiceJet successfully completes India’s first biofuel flight

SpiceJet successfully completes India’s first biofuel flight

India’s frontrunner for biofueled aerial operations, SpiceJet, conducted the nation’s first biofueled demonstration flight from Dehradun to Delhi. Another milestone in Asia’s growing efforts to find renewable alternatives for jet fuel, the flight followed China’s first cross-ocean biofueled flight last November. According to a press release, SpiceJet intends to undertake further operations using a blend of 75% … Read More

India set to make major biofuel investment

India set to make major biofuel investment

In a bid to reduce its crude oil imports over the next four years, India is set to invest heavily in biofuels. Various media outlets are reporting that on 10 August, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plans to build the country’s biofuel capacity through 100 billion rupees of investment. India is one of … Read More

Biodiesel in India: The Jatropha fiasco

Biodiesel in India: The Jatropha fiasco

With its domestic crude oil output stagnating and the demand for oil continuing to rise at an ever-increasing pace, India has an opportunity to use substitutes of fossil fuels for both, economic and environmental benefits. Ethanol is one such substitute that can be produced from sugarcane and used for transport by blending it with petrol/gasoline. … Read More