Bio-ethanol plants will boost clean energy drive

The ministry of cooperation mentioned the manufacturing of ethanol was going to change the financial system of the petroleum sector of the nation within the coming days, and also will save about Rs 1 lakh crore in overseas alternate reserves. The basis stone of the KRIBHCO Hazira’s bio-ethanol venture was laid by Union house and

IIT-G explores enzyme’s efficacy to produce biofuel

Researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) have studied the efficacy of a specific multifunctional enzyme that can break down woody biomass for conversion to bioethanol fuel. The researchers have reported that the bacterial endoglucanase enzyme, RfGH5_4 derived from a bacterium called Ruminococcus flavefaciens, can break down woody bio-matter into a simple sugar that