Biofuels of India

Biofuels play an important role in meeting energy requirements in the world and its position in the context of the developing countries like India is rather vital. The present paper attempts to provide an overview of the resource base, conversion technologies, and emerging end uses and research needs in the overall context in India. Authors also observe that the efforts made in India in modern biomass utilization in the last two decades have not succeeded with the desired level of achievements. Though several alternative techniques/technologies for efficient use of biofuels have been developed, however, they are yet to transform into acceptable package of product with the mechanisms to disseminate them through manufacturer and market network to the end users.