Biofuel

Thanks to interventions by NGO Bhagirath Gramvikas Pratishthan, Nivaje in Maharashtra is on the path to become the state’s first carbon neutral village through a number of sustainable measures, including biogas units, chemical-free farming, bamboo plantations, and more.

A Pune-based company, Green Joules, makes renewable biofuels or ‘drop-in fuels’ from agricultural residue and renewable wastes from agro-processing industries, which can be used for industrial and commercial purposes.

Anuroop G, with his initiative Payal Jwala, is helping households across Kerala set up plants to convert water hyacinth, an invasive weed, into biogas.

Jharkhand engineer Vishal Prasad Gupta has developed a bio-fuel manufactured from a species of microalgae native to the state's ponds, which is not only more eco-friendly than petrol and diesel, but also low cost.

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Able to serve a family for four years, the entire portable structure cost him less than Rs 10,000 and took a few hours to assemble. No wonder he is the talk of his neighbourhood now!

“Our organic waste is not a problem and is actually a solution to our energy problem. Social collaborations are very essential in such a scenario. For example, in our society, everyone segregates their own waste."

It was Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, who launched a campaign way back in 2003 to promote jatropha cultivation with the intent of making the state the hub of biofuel in India.