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Biofuel Infrastructure Expansion: Phased Rollout Plans 5,000 Outlets to Drive High Blend Ethanol and Biodiesel ComplianceIn an elite regulatory milestone advancing subcontinental energy independence and green mobility in...
Biofuel Strategy Reforms: BIS Regulates High-Concentration Ethanol Blends and Flexible Dimethyl Ether Cooking Gas SpecificationsIn a major regulatory step designed to accelerate India's green transition and insulate the...
Transition to Clean Coal Technology: Ministry Targets 100 Million Tonnes of Gasification by 2030 to Cut Import InvoicesIn a massive fiscal intervention engineered to diversify the utilization of India's extensive solid f...
Maize has emerged as India’s largest feedstock for ethanol production in Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025–26. The country produced 182 crore litres of maize-based ethanol in the first half of ESY 2025–26. Ethanol is made f...
Waste-to-Wealth: India's Green Methanol InnovationIndia is establishing its first green methanol production plant at the Deendayal Port in Kandla, Gujarat. In a unique ecological-industrial convergence, the plant uses Pr...
E20 Fuel: Transforming India’s Transport Sector with Sustainable Biofuels As part of India’s commitment to achieving "Net Zero" emissions, the government has officially implemented the E20 fuel mandate. This transition m...
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced standards for Green Ammonia and Green Methanol under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, to promote trade in green hydrogen derivatives. The standards set el...
The Government of India has made it compulsory to sell petrol blended with 20% ethanol, with a minimum Research Octane Number (RON) of 95, across the country from April 1, 2026. India had already achieved 10% ethanol ble...
On 1 February 2026 the Sun released an X8.3 flare, the most powerful so far this year. Solar flares are abrupt energy bursts caused by shifts in the Sun's magnetic field and are graded A, B, C, M and X, X being strongest...
The Prime Minister inaugurated the world's first commercial-scale second-generation (2G) bioethanol plant using bamboo as feedstock at Golaghat in Assam. Second-generation ethanol is made from non-food biomass, so it doe...
India stands fifth worldwide in biomass energy production in 2026. The United States leads, Brazil is second largely because of sugarcane-based bioethanol, Indonesia is third and China fourth. Biomass energy is generated...
