India Archives https://www.plantationsinternational.com/tag/india/ Sustainable Plantation Management Services Thu, 26 Jul 2018 04:35:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 Shell India to build new demo biofuel plant in Bangalore https://www.plantationsinternational.com/shell-india-to-build-new-demo-biofuel-plant-in-bangalore/ https://www.plantationsinternational.com/shell-india-to-build-new-demo-biofuel-plant-in-bangalore/#respond Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:34:31 +0000 http://www.plantationsinternational.com/shell-india-to-build-new-demo-biofuel-plant-in-bangalore/ Plantations International News Shell India Markets, the Indian arm of Royal Dutch Shell, has announced plans to build a five tonne/day biofuel demonstration plant using IH2 technology on the site of its new technology centre in Bangalore, India. IH2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermo-chemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and [...]

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]]> https://www.plantationsinternational.com/shell-india-to-build-new-demo-biofuel-plant-in-bangalore/feed/ 0 India asks for increased biofuel usage in building sector https://www.plantationsinternational.com/india-asks-for-increased-biofuel-usage-in-building-sector/ https://www.plantationsinternational.com/india-asks-for-increased-biofuel-usage-in-building-sector/#respond Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:38:17 +0000 http://www.plantationsinternational.com/india-asks-for-increased-biofuel-usage-in-building-sector/ Plantations International News The Indian transport priest, a long-time supporter of biofuels, is motivating India's sector to use up biofuels more commonly. Road Transportation and also Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari recommends the building and transportation sectors to utilize biodiesel to maintain air contamination in check as the Indian federal government sets a target to broaden [...]

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]]> https://www.plantationsinternational.com/india-asks-for-increased-biofuel-usage-in-building-sector/feed/ 0 Universal Biofuels converts bulk customers to B100 in India https://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india-2/ https://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india-2/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2015 04:48:19 +0000 http://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india-2/ Plantations International News Biodiesel produced by Universal Biofuels, an Indian subsidiary of Aemetis, has been used by bulk customers to replace 100% petroleum diesel with 100% distilled biodiesel (B100), reducing emissions by 80% and providing cost savings to customers. Traditionally, in Europe and in the United States, biodiesel is blended in the range of 5% [...]

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]]> https://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india-2/feed/ 0 Universal Biofuels converts bulk customers to B100 in India https://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india/ https://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:36:13 +0000 http://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india/ Plantations International News By Aemetis Inc. | September 17, 2015 Aemetis Inc. announced distilled biodiesel produced by its subsidiary in India has been used by bulk customers to replace 100 percent petroleum diesel with 100 percent distilled biodiesel, reducing emissions by 80 percent and providing cost savings to customers. Traditionally, in Europe and the U.S., biodiesel [...]

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]]> https://www.plantationsinternational.com/universal-biofuels-converts-bulk-customers-to-b100-in-india/feed/ 0 Used cooking oil from KFCs in India to be converted to biodiesel https://www.plantationsinternational.com/used-cooking-oil-from-kfcs-in-india-to-be-converted-to-biodiesel/ https://www.plantationsinternational.com/used-cooking-oil-from-kfcs-in-india-to-be-converted-to-biodiesel/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:03:34 +0000 http://www.plantationsinternational.com/used-cooking-oil-from-kfcs-in-india-to-be-converted-to-biodiesel/ Plantations International News Yum! Restaurants India Pvt Ltd., which operates KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in India, has signed an agreement with Advait to collect its used cooking oil (UCO) from KFC in the Andhra and Telangana regions.  Yum! is aggressively expanding its presence in India. Advait, the only UCO collector in India certified [...]

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