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The world is currently facing a huge crisis of fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation. Fossil fuel consists of coal, crude oil, and natural gases which are formed from buried plants and animals for millions of years. This fossil fuel has high carbon content which is the cause of environmental pollution.The whole world is looking for another generation of fuels, which will be environment-friendly and useful for sustainable development and energy conservation. The research trends are moving toward biotechnology to meet the existing problem related to fossil fuels. Biofuels could be a feasible solution for the worldwide crisis. Biofuel is considered as the future of the fossil fuel industry, such as bioethanol and biodiesel. India has announced a new policy on biofuels which targets the 20% combination of bioethanol in petrol and 5% combination of biodiesel in diesel and is proposed by 2030. The contribution of biotechnology in the energy industry by its technical advancement will cut down the prices and will protect the reservoirs. The various substrates are used as unprocessed materials for the making of biofuels such as various parts of crops and unused vegetable materials. The use of crops for food versus fuel production is a matter of concern; this leads to search more possibility to explore sources for the invention of biofuel. Biotechnology is playing a major role in the making of such third-generation biofuel. The biotechnological tools are very effective for the upcoming biofuel generations and have a great impact on environmental protection issues.
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Singh, L.K., Awasthi, G., Bajpai, M. (2022). Application of Biotechnology for Providing Alternative of Fossil Fuel to Protect Environment . In: Arora, S., Kumar, A., Ogita, S., Yau, Y.Y. (eds) Innovations in Environmental Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4445-0_33
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