First ethanol plant in Chhattisgarh to come up soon

Chhattisgarh’s first ethanol plant based on maize processing to come up at tribal-affected Kokodi in Kondagaon district. The processing plant is being built at a cost of Rs 140 crore. This is the first plant being set up in the cooperative sector. More than 45000 farmers will be directly benefited and a target is set

Jio-Bp launches E20 petrol with 20% ethanol

Jio-bp, the fuel and mobility joint venture between Reliance Industries Ltd and Britain’s bp, has launched petrol blended with 20% ethanol to align with government plans to reduce oil imports and carbon emissions. The government is introducing gasoline blended with ethanol derived from sugarcane and broken rice and other grains to lower the country’s oil

Petrol with 20% ethanol blend launched

Petrol doped with 20 per cent ethanol was rolled out at select petrol pumps in 11 states and union territories as part of a programme to increase use of biofuels to cut emissions as well as dependence on foreign exchange-draining imports. At present, 10 per cent ethanol is blended in petrol (10 per cent ethanol,

‘Towards Panchamrit’ launched to promote clearer fuels

Union Minister for Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated “Towards Panchamrit” to drive the country towards cleaner mobility. Towards Panchamrit is an effort to promote adoption of “Panchamrit” which is 5 clean fuels – Hydrogen, Ethanol, Bio Diesel, Gas and Electric Vehicles. Towards Panchamrit, the Conference & Exposition on schemes for promotion and development of

Indian government progressing on policy of adopting import substitutes

Underlining the government initiatives facilitating the use of ethanol, methanol, bio-CNG and hybrid electric vehicles, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said that the government is progressing on the policy of adopting import substitutes, cost-effective, pollution-free and indigenous fuels for the transport sector. Speaking at the FICCI conference – Future of Mobility:

IOC to achieve netzero operational emissions by 2046  

Indian Oil has achieved 10% ethanol blending with Petrol in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and is working towards 20% ethanol blended petrol in line with government mandate.   SATAT’ scheme on Compressed Biogas (CBG) encourages entrepreneurs to set up CBG plants, produce & supply CBG to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) like IndianOil for sale as automotive

Ethanol centre of excellence launched in India

Strengthening bilateral ties between Brazil and India for the promotion of ethanol and its blends in the automotive sector, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, government of India launched the Virtual Center of Excellence (CoE) at the Auto Expo 2023 in the presence

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

MRPL plans to set up ethanol plant for ethanol

The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) will set up in Harihar of Davangere district an unit for the production of second generation Ethanol. Ethanol will be produced by processing the waste from jowar and cotton crops. The plant would be operational by 2025 and will produce 60,000 litres of ethanol per day. MRPL will

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