Rise in ethanol usage likely to result in fall of sugar output in India

According to the Indian sugar mills association (ISMA), India’s sugar output is forecast to decline in 2022-2023 as a higher volume of sugarcane is diverted to ethanol production even as cane production rises with increased planting acreage. Increased diversion of domestically-produced sugarcane and ethanol towards on-road gasoline blending, as India pursues a 20% average blend

Ethanol production in the US increases

According to data from the EIA, after a drop in production in the recent times, daily ethanol production in the US has picked up. The EIA said that ethanol production rose to 1.034 million barrels per day for the week ended July 15, which is up from 1.005 million barrels the previous week. The pick-up

Results on exhaust emissions from E15 released by CARB

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the results of a multiyear study evaluating exhaust emissions from the use of California Reformulated Gasoline (CaRFG) that contains 15 volume percent ethanol (E15). The study was performed by a team from the University of California at Riverside (UCR) Bourns College of Engineering – Center for Environmental

BSBIOS to build ethanol plant to ramp up renewable fuel

BSBIOS, a Brazilian biofuels company, has signed an agreement to build the first large-scale ethanol plant in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The plant will process cereals, particularly wheat, to ramp up local production of the renewable fuel. The plant will produce ethanol and bran from the processing of cereals such as corn,

India extends excise duty exemption to ethanol and biodiesel

The government of India announced it is expanding the excise duty exemption on ethanol and biodiesel to encourage higher biofuel blends. The tax exemption originally applied to E10 blends, but has now been expanded to blends of E12-E15. The exemption will also apply to B20 made from vegetable oils. India recently set an ambitious goal

EPA’s renewable fuel standard to ethanol encourages US states to for it  

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard June 3 that sets a goal of 15 billion gallons of conventional renewable fuels for 2022. Some Midwestern states are turning to higher blends of ethanol in hopes it will help them respond to rising fuel costs. Ohio Gov. Mike

Sugar producers in India happy with ethanol blending and rising demand

The government’s decision to implement the ethanol blending target of 20% to 2025-26 from 2030 has brought an added optimism to sugar producers in the country. Now, under the renewed target, 10% blending of fuel-grade ethanol with petrol should happen this year, increasing gradually each year thereafter and reaching 20% by 2025-26. India’s sugar industry

Ethanol gas emerging as cheap alternative in the US

At certain gas stations across Sacramento, the capital city of the US state of California, E-85, a gasoline blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, is priced significantly lower than normal gasoline currently because the price of corn is trading below the price of petroleum. In the mid-2000s, Chevy and Ford created many

Price parity for EVs, flex-fuel vehicles will be achieved on par with petrol cars: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said efforts are being made to help EVs and flex-fuel vehicles (FFV) achieve price parity with petrol and diesel vehicles within a year’s time. Speaking at what India thinks today global summit, Gadkari said that the aim of the government is to bring prices of EVs and FFVs to the same

ACE launches carbon intensity (CI) calculator

The American Coalition for Ethanol introduced a new carbon intensity (CI) calculator to help its members understand the carbon intensity (CI) of their farms and ethanol operations along with a simplified version of the tool to raise awareness about factors impacting the CI of ethanol. These tools help illustrate corn ethanol’s ability to attain net-zero