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World Biofuel day - August 10
August 12 , 2020
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- The day aims to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels.
- Bio-fuels are basically green fuels which are environment friendly fuels and their utilization would address global concerns about containment of carbon emissions.
- On August 10th in 1893, Sir Rudolph Diesel (inventor of the diesel engine) for the first time successfully ran mechanical engine with groundnut oil.
- Thus, to mark this achievement, World Biofuel Day is observed per year on 10th August.
- In India, the Government approved the National Policy on Biofuels-2018 in June 2018.
- It has the objective of reaching 20% ethanol-blending and 5% biodiesel-blending by the year 2030.
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