- Honge oil
Honge oil is derived from the "
Pongamia pinnata ", which is native toIndia . The word "honge" comes from the Kannada word for this plant. The oil was pioneered as abiofuel by Dr. Udipi Shrinivasa, of theIndian Institute of Science inBangalore . The estimated cost of the oil is $150 per tonne, which is highly competitive with other potential fuel oils. Researchers in India have estimated that honge oil could completely replace India's consumption of petroleum based fuels. [cite web|url=http://www.goodnewsindia.com/Pages/content/discovery/honge.html|title=Honge Oil proves to be a good biodiesel|publisher= [http://www.goodnewsindia.com/ Good News India] |date=September, 2001]ee also
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Jatropha oil
*Renewable energy
*Energy policy of India References
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