Indian Bio-Jet Fuel Technology                        

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Context: Indian Bio-Jet Fuel Technology Receives Formal Military Certification.

More about news:

• CSIR-IIP Dehradun’s home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
• It will boost India’s confidence in aviation biofuel sector and is a step towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
• The technology, developed by the Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has undergone evaluation tests and trials over the last three years.
• Earlier, an AN-32 aircraft, filled with blended bio-jet fuel, had flown over Raj Path at New Delhi during the Republic Day celebrations.
• The fuel was also used on a civil, commercial demonstration flight operated by SpiceJet from Dehradun to Delhi.

Significance of this move:

• This clearance will enable Indian armed forces to use bio-jet fuel produced using indigenous technology across all its operational aircraft.
• This will also enable early commercialization of the technology and its mass production.
• Indian bio-jet fuel can be produced from used cooking oil, tree-borne oils, short gestation oilseed crops grown off-season by farmers, and waste extracts from edible oil processing
• It will reduce air pollution by virtue of its ultralow sulphur content compared with conventional jet fuel and contribute to India’s Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions targets.
• It will also enhance the livelihoodsof farmers and tribals engaged in producing, collecting, and extracting non-edible oils.

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