The Indian railways, which has been testing the compatibility of bio-diesel in its locomotives for the last five years, has invited tenders for setting up of four bio-diesel esterification plants at an investment of Rs 78.5 crore to supply bio diesel to the railways.
Esterification is the chemical process of converting the oil extracted from oilseeds, or say jatropha, to bio-diesel compatible for use in diesel engines
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