Paper I · 7 Sustainable Development & Environment · 7.4.2 Bioremediation and green technologies

7.4.2.2 Biofuels: generations and the ethanol blending programme

Biofuels are fuels made from biomass; India's policy moves from food-crop (first generation) to waste and residue (second generation) fuels, and its ethanol blending programme reached 20% blending in petrol in 2025.

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Key terms

  • biofuels
  • first generation
  • second generation
  • third generation
  • algae
  • ethanol blending
  • E20
  • National Policy on Biofuels 2018
  • PM JI-VAN
  • SATAT
  • compressed biogas
  • GOBARdhan
  • biodiesel
  • Jatropha
  • Global Biofuels Alliance
  • SAF

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