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Scenario by 28% more in 2030 than in the Reference Scenario. Biofuels, both<br />

ethanol and biodiesel, while starting from a very small base, are projected to<br />

increase by over 30% per year from 2005 to 2030, compared with 23% in the<br />

Reference Scenario.<br />

160<br />

Figure 18.9: Road Transport <strong>Energy</strong> Use in India in the Reference<br />

and Alternative Policy Scenarios (Mtoe)<br />

120<br />

Mtoe<br />

80<br />

40<br />

0<br />

2005 Reference<br />

Scenario<br />

2015<br />

Alternative<br />

Policy<br />

Scenario<br />

2015<br />

Reference<br />

Scenario<br />

2030<br />

Alternative<br />

Policy<br />

Scenario<br />

2030<br />

Oil<br />

Gas<br />

Biofuels<br />

Oil savings in road transport arise from increases in efficiency, plus the faster<br />

uptake of advanced vehicle technology through local and foreign partnerships in<br />

the automobile industry (Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises,<br />

2006). Oil savings also result from a shift towards public transport and from<br />

greater use of CNG and biofuels. Biodiesel accounts for 69% of the biofuels in<br />

use in India by 2030 (close to the share of diesel in total road-transport fuel use),<br />

with ethanol blended into gasoline making up the rest.<br />

There is considerable potential for expanding the production and use of biofuels<br />

in India, particularly biodiesel from jatropha. Jatropha is a plant that can grow on<br />

both good and poor or degraded soils and can produce a good number of seeds<br />

even with minimal water. 6 It is not grazed by animals and is highly pest- and<br />

disease-resistant. However, biodiesel is not currently consumed in India and there<br />

is only limited planting of jatropha. To supply the transport sector with a 5%<br />

biodiesel share by 2015, as projected in the Alternative Policy Scenario, 1.2 to<br />

1.4 million hectares of jatropha would be needed; there are 0.4 million hectares<br />

6. Estimates of biodiesel production range between 0.9 tonnes per hectare to 1.6 tonnes per hectare.<br />

550 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Outlook</strong> <strong>2007</strong> - INDIA’S ENERGY PROSPECTS

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