Alternative Outlook

Queensland Minister for Primary Industries Tim Mulherin has invited the aviation industry to contribute to the State Government’s vision of a new biofuels industry in Queensland.

Mr Mulherin said the release of the Strategic directions for development of the Queensland bio-based industrial products sector discussion paper was a step towards Queensland become a world leader in the new industry.

“With worldwide petroleum reserves declining Queensland is looking at leading the way in developing a cleaner, greener and cheaper airl…

India ranks 6 th in the world in terms of energy demand. However, a large part of India’s population, living mostly in rural areas and including the poorest people, does not have access to fossil fuel, oil-dependent sources of energy.

The increasing gap between demand and domestically produced petroleum is a matter of serious concern. It is estimated that the import of crude oil will increase from 85 mmtpa to 151 mmtpa by the end of 2006- 2007, correspondingly increas…

Introduction to Green Oil

Very simply, green oil is the oil derived from the seeds of crops such as Jatropha, Oil Palm, Millettia and Silverleaf. The basic process involves planting fast growing trees that will be productive within two or three years.

At this point the seeds can be harvested and crushed to produce green oil which can be used to generate electricity, as a Bio-Fuel, as Animal Stockfeed and as Organic Fertilizer.

The key uses that earn the highest revenues are to generate electricity and as Bio-Fuel.

It’s ac…