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Call to focus on different sources of alternate fuel
Our Bureau
New Delhi
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April 14
EXPERTS have said that India needs to have a sound alternate fuel strategy and should focus on different sources of alternate fuel rather than a single source like CNG (compressed natural gas).
"The country's fuel strategy should not be technology specific, it should be outcome based," said Dr A.N. Bansal, Senior Transport Planner, World Bank, while speaking here at a seminar organised by the Hyderabad based-Administrative Staff College of India. "While CNG may have been a success story, there is a need to keep in mind the latest advancements which could offer more benefits. For example, California is now witnessing huge demand for vehicles with hybrid engines that can function with gasoline and electricity," he said.
The Administrative Staff College is working on a one-and a-half year project, sponsored by the UK Government, to evaluate opportunities and constraints in policy, institutional and financial mechanisms for alternate fuel.
Given the fact that India's petroleum consumption doubles every 10 years, the country can look at various possible alternate fuel, including CNG, LNG (liquefied natural gas)-methane, LPG (liquid petroleum gas), electricity, coal, alcohol fuel, bio-fuels and hydrogen fuel, said Winrock India's Advisor-Renewable Energy, Mr Jai Uppal.
Talking about LPG usage internationally in the US, Canada and Japan, Mr Uppal said that 260,000 or 94 per cent of taxis in Japan use LPG.
The successful Brazilian experience of ethanol blending also has interesting lessons to offer since the country now produces ethanol at $26 per barrel, which is at the same level as that of crude, he added.
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