Unity Industries and Suruchi Foods to set up Ethanol plants

The Chhattisgarh government has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with both the companies — Unity Industries Private Limited and Suruchi Foods Private Limited — for setting up the plants. Both the proposals are likely to create jobs for 920 people in the state. According to industry department officials, Unity Industries signed an agreement for ethanol

Ethanol production capacity to increase by 25% in India

The government on said the overall ethanol production capacity in India is expected to go up by 25 per cent to 1,250 crore litres by the end of this year, as proactive steps have been taken for faster clearance of projects. A single-window clearance has been put in place wherein ethanol projects seeking interest subvention

India to begin rolling out E20 in April

The Indian government planning to slowly start in E20 blending in April, ahead of the 2025/26 nationwide blending mandate. The country has five 2G ethanol plants currently under development while it has been supporting sugarcane- and grain-based ethanol distillery installation through soft financing and ever-higher prices over the last several years at it ramps up

EAC recommends setting up end date for fossil fuels before 2050

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), a cross-party group tasked with making assessing progress in UK on green issues, warned policymakers that an end date should be set ‘well before 2050’ in order for the country to retain its reputation as one of the most pro-active in terms of the climate. Recommendations formed part of an

Oil refiners in Europe bet big on biofuels

Europe’s oil majors’ ‘big bet’ on hydrogen as the transport fuel for the future is not so big in reality, according to a new study on behalf of Transport & Environment (T&E), which shows that investments in biofuels refining are eight times bigger. T&E accuses oil producers of not being serious about investing in genuinely

Petrobras carries out first bio-bunkering

Petrobras carried out the first bunker filling with renewable content in Brazil. At the Rio Grande Terminal (Terig), in Rio Grande do Sul, the vessel “Darcy Ribeiro”, from Transpetro, was fueled with the new fuel with a lower carbon footprint, a mixture of 90% in volume of fossil-based bunker fuel and 10% by volume of

Gadkari stresses need to decarbonise Indian transport sector

Addressing virtually at the Sugar and Ethanol Conference, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari said there is a need to decarbonise the transport sector of India as it has the potential to become a torch-bearer in bio-fuels. He stated that the Indian transport industry has fulfilled 80 per cent of its fuel usage

Al-Shawamikh receives environmentally friendly bio-fuel

Al-Shawamikh Oil Services received the first batch of environmentally friendly bio-fuel (bio-diesel) from Wakud International, the first bio-fuel production plant in Oman, located in Khazaen Economic City.  The bio-diesel will be used by al-Shawamikh Company to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve zero carbon neutrality.   Oman has recently inaugurated the Oman Oil Marketing Company (OOMCO)

Petrol with a blend of 20% ethanol to be introduced soon in India

After achieving the target to sell petrol doped with 10 per cent ethanol, India will in the next couple of days start experimental supplies of 20 per biofuel mixed petrol, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Speaking at the ‘Dance to Decarbonise’ – the first public awareness event in the run-up to India Energy Week

GST on biofuel down to 5% in India

The GST Council has made the recommendations relating to changes in GST tax rates, measures for facilitation of trade and measures for streamlining compliances in GST. As per the Council recommendations, GST on husk of pulses reduced to nil from five per cent. Besides, the Council also recommended reduction of GST on Ethyl alcohol or