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Reliance Jatropha Ventures in India
Reliance Industries is in talks with the Chhattisgarh government for a jatropha venture. RIL's arm, Reliance Life Sciences, has taken up a 50 acre jatropha plant pilot project in Kakinada, the landfall point of the gas from its blocks in the Krishna-Godavari basin. (Sep 2008) - Read More
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Indian firms go big on jatropha - Bharat Renewable Energy, Hindustan Petroleum
Indian firm to invest $480m in development of over million acres of jatropha in state of Uttar Pradesh. Bharat Renewable Energy (sep 2008) to invest in growing jatropha on more than a million acres of barren land. The c has set itself a goal of producing more than a million tons of jatropha-based biodiesel by 2015 to comply with govt mandate to deliver 20 % blend of biofuel in petrol by 2017. earlier this year, govt-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum announced plans to plant over 15,000 hectares - Read More
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Role Of CII in Biofuels in India
CII's National committee on Biofuels is working towards strategizing and catalyzing a conducive policy for promoting the viability, competitiveness & progressive main streaming of Biofuels in the energy infrastructure of the country with special reference to promotion of second generation Biofuels technologies and innovative funding. - Read More
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DuPont India launches agri-research center
New research facility in Hyderabad aims to bring crop genetics to market faster for improving biofuels and biomaterial products. The facility located in central India plans to focus on bringing new crop science innovations to the global market that boost production and lower costs for a variety of biofuels and biomaterial products. - Read More
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Topics : Agriculture