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Gujarat, India Begins First Biodiesel Bus Service
14 March 2005
The Business Standard reports that Gujarat is the first State in India to run commercial buses using biodiesel fuel.
Initially, four buses using a B5 (5% biodiesel) blend will service a route between Gandhinagar (the capital city of the State) and Ahmedabad (India’s worst-polluted city—earlier post) .
Trial runs had been carried out in Haryana and Maharashtra. Even the Indian Railways had run a Jan Shatabdi on bio-diesel. But this is the first time that a regular commercial service is being started with bio-diesel,” the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, said.
Although the Gujarat State Transport Corporation will begin with the B5 blend, it will work toward B20. Gujarat Oleo Chem Ltd, which has set up a biodiesel blending and extraction plant in South Gujarat, is providing the biodiesel.
The Gujarat State Transport Corporation has about 9,000 buses, which cover 97.5 per cent of the area in the state.
At the end of 2004, the state government decided to convert its gasoline-run vehicles to compressed natural gas (CNG). It set an initial target of having all 25 departments convert five vehicles each by this month, and is pushing for the passage of the Gujart Natural Gas Act.
March 14, 2005 in Biodiesel, Fleets, India | Permalink | Comments (145) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by: mukesh | March 29, 2005 at 01:11 AM
hi
what is present cost of biodiesel and which plants is most desirable for indian atmosphere.
Posted by: sanket | April 01, 2005 at 10:48 PM
PLEASE GIVE E MAIL ADDRESSES TELEPHONES NOS OF AGENCIES WHO CAN ARRANGE FOR TECHNICAL AS WELL AS FINANCES FOR FOR RAISING BIODIESEL PLANTATION OF JETROPHA TREES . WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR 240 ACRES OF LAND FOR THIS PURPOSE.
PLEASE GIVE ADDRESS OF D1 MOHAN BIO OILS LTD.
Posted by: nirmalkumar wala | May 04, 2005 at 07:39 AM
PLEASE GIVE E MAIL ADDRESSES TELEPHONES NOS OF AGENCIES WHO CAN ARRANGE FOR TECHNICAL AS WELL AS FINANCES FOR FOR RAISING BIODIESEL PLANTATION OF JETROPHA TREES . WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR 240 ACRES OF LAND FOR THIS PURPOSE.
PLEASE GIVE ADDRESS OF D1 MOHAN BIO OILS LTD.
Posted by: nirmalkumar wala | May 04, 2005 at 07:39 AM
Dear Sir,
we are based in Africa and have our Business.
we are interested to invest in Biodiesel Project.
kindly breif us about obtaining the technical Knowhow and its Production.
we are intrested to ste up this project in technical collobration with Govt. of Gujarat.
Looking for a better reply.
Reagrds
SIvas Pandya
Uganda - Africa
Posted by: Sivas Pandya | May 06, 2005 at 01:36 AM
We requred infurmation about plantation & raw material generation.For biodiesel manufacturing plants.
Kindly send the agriculture litratuer.
Posted by: Adhikari | June 14, 2005 at 03:58 PM
Respected sir,
My self Vikram A. Joshi. I am a Engineering student in Maharashtra. I am working on biodiesel.
So Sir, kindly give me the information about
1. what is modification in the diesel engine during the use of biodiesel?
2. What is raw material required for biodiesel?
Thankiong u.
Yours faithfully
Vikram A. Joshi
Posted by: vikram | July 13, 2005 at 12:42 AM
please give me the details of the research work in and abroad the india on biodiesel
Posted by: siddappa | July 15, 2005 at 02:32 AM
sir,
where are biodiesel industry in india and phone no.and e mail add.. give me
Posted by: satya | July 15, 2005 at 10:39 PM
sir,
i can supply jetropha seeds @17/- per kg including transportation any where in india.
Posted by: AP Singh | July 17, 2005 at 06:37 AM
sir,
I can supply jetropha seeds@Rs.17/-per kg including transportation any where in india
E-mail- ajit_67@yahoo.co.in
Posted by: AP Singh | July 17, 2005 at 06:44 AM
we r working on 15 lakh acer of lands in M.P. n karnataka states of india. people can contact us for any kind of help.
Posted by: Amit Khatri | July 20, 2005 at 04:43 AM
Dear Sir,
any technical and financial information given the any company, i arrengies the land at andhrapradesh and jaharchand and tamilnadu
Posted by: mangal prasad | August 15, 2005 at 06:47 AM
hi
i am interested in your bio diesel project i am interested in becoming supplier in whole gujrat, maharastra & rajasthan
Posted by: switesh | August 20, 2005 at 08:04 AM
i am intrested in makeing plantatoin i gave land for it
Posted by: s.f.chishty | August 21, 2005 at 08:45 AM
sar give me infarmation about biodesal and making proses and soling infarnmation.
Posted by: sanjay vyas | September 08, 2005 at 04:36 AM
Hi, I'm a Mechanical engineer from the Puerto Rico University-Mayaguez Campus. I'm doing a class project, I'm investigating what buses transportation companies like you, that run on biodiesel are using. What modifications you made and maintenance to the buses? Do you have any problems you are trying to solve with this system?
Thanks, keep up the good job!
Posted by: Joseph | September 08, 2005 at 01:54 PM
Sir,
Please send us the details for this BIO Diesel projects, Who are the purchaser of the same..
Waitng for your reply.
Nipul Thakkar
Posted by: Nipul Thakkar | September 12, 2005 at 06:38 AM
Greetings,
We already have a bio diesel program in the university, but our class project is to send a proposal to the Puerto Rico government to build a mass transportation system based on bio diesel. We are researching for the most economic and efficient bio diesel production method for the proposal to be attractive to our government. The buyer will be the government if they like what they see.
Thanks,
Joseph
Posted by: Joseph | September 13, 2005 at 07:43 PM
Southern technologies India ltd is starting a project of manufacuring Bio- diesal and recently offered I.P.O.Are they using jetropa seeds or something else?
Sanghvi.
Posted by: Dalsukh Sanghvi | September 15, 2005 at 08:28 AM
Sir,
I would like to know whether the plantation of jatropha plant will be successful?.which climatic conditions are suitable for it?. what are the precautions to be taken if we are planting jatropha? Please send me with the information.
yours faithfully,
Riju K
Posted by: RIJU | September 20, 2005 at 12:44 AM
We can provide consultancy in all aspects of JATROPHA BIODIESEL Production incl. Raising Plantations, Extraction of oil, Marketing etc. contact: Ramaprasada ,
e-mail: seepeetee@rediffmail.com / smusli@indiatimes.com
Thanks & Regards
Posted by: RAMAPRASADA | September 23, 2005 at 08:13 AM
please lrt me inform about the avilabilty of JATROPHA SEED RATE AND OTHER CULTIVATION FORMALITIES.
WE PALN TO ORGANISE CULTIVAT ABOUT 600 ACRES AT TAMILNADU
Posted by: harihar b | September 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM
why the state govt. has not send any new bus to porbandar. altough 1100 buses are coming in the gujarat state porbandar hasnot got even 1 bus. so i request u to sent atleast 1 new bus to porbandar.sir please accept my request. all the other districts are getting 10-12 buses the why it is so that porbandar has not got even one bus. this is the injustice done to porbandar,
Posted by: thanki parth | September 29, 2005 at 09:50 AM
hello, i would like to go for bio plantations in Andhrapradesh,any joint partnersor collabaraters welcomed.
Posted by: lal | October 05, 2005 at 10:57 PM
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