Green Options » NCAER http://greenoptions.com/tag/ncaer Posts tagged 'NCAER' Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Does India’s New Biofuels Policy Spell Sustainability? http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/24/does-indias-new-biofuels-policy-spell-sustainability/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/24/does-indias-new-biofuels-policy-spell-sustainability/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:10:45 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/24/does-indias-new-biofuels-policy-spell-sustainability/ It’s official, India must work towards the use of biofuels. On September 12th the Indian government announced a new national biofuels policy: By 2017 it will aim to meet 20% of India’s diesel demand with fuel derived from plants rather than fossils.

But where will it come from? According to the National Council of Applied Economic Research, a Delhi think-tank, it means setting aside 14m hectares of land, for the growth of jatropha, a key biofuels raw material.

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