Reliance Life Sciences has a comprehensive
program for development of biodiesel based
on Jatropa. This encompasses:
- Plantation
- Elite Planting material development
through hybrids and transformed plants
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Seed Oil Extraction
- Transesterification
- Seed cake value addition
This is among the most comprehensive biodiesel
programs undertaken by any company in
the world.
Reliance Life Sciences has also developed
a process for production of ethanol from
bagasse. The cellulosic component is enzymatically
converted to glucose, which in turn is
converted to ethanol by microbial fermentation.
