INDIAN BIO-JET FUEL TECHNOLOGY

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• 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).
  
  
• This certification represents India’s growing confidence in aviation biofuel sector.
  
  
• 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 on 26 January 2019, 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 on 27 Aug 2018 from Dehradun to Delhi.