Biodiesel is an alternative fuel, similar to conventional or ‘fossil’ diesel can be produced from

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 6 May 2021

Biodiesel is an alternative fuel, similar to conventional or ‘fossil’ diesel can be produced from

A. Vegetable oils

B. Tallow

C. Animal fats

D. All of these

Explanation:

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel remotely flagged off the first supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Biodiesel blended Diesel under the EOI Scheme from Indian Oil’s Tikrikalan Terminal, Delhi. To create an eco-system for collection and conversion of UCO into Biodiesel, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas had initiated Expressions of Interest for “Procurement of Bio-diesel produced from Used Cooking Oil” on the occasion of World Biofuel Day on 10th August 2019. It can be produced from vegetable oils, animal fats, tallow and waste cooking oil.

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