Tag: Goa

Goa to explore ethanol production at defunct sugar mill

Goa to explore ethanol production at defunct sugar mill

September 30, 2021 |

In India, MENAFN reports Goa plans to start ethanol production from sugarcane at the defunct Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana sugar mill. The mill has been shut down for several years due to poor management and was the only mill in the state. The Deccan Sugar Technologists Association has been contracted as consultants to develop a […]

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Goa having a hard time with its biofuel buses

Goa having a hard time with its biofuel buses

November 27, 2017 |

In India, despite Goa’s best intentions to introduce biofuel-powered buses and plans to invest in hundreds more as soon as next year, regulatory issues have impeded the sourcing of biogas from a local facility to fuel the biogas-powered bus while technical issues with air conditioning in the ethanol-fueled buses have kept one bus off the […]

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Goa launches biogas bus trial with eye on adding 40 to its fleet in February

Goa launches biogas bus trial with eye on adding 40 to its fleet in February

August 15, 2017 |

In India, Goa has launched its first biogas bus as a pilot project ahead of next February’s planned introduction of 40 such Scania buses. The pilot including the biogas bus and two ethanol buses was launched on Independence Day and will be operated by state-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited. The biogas will be supplied by the […]

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