Ethanol procurement price increased by OMCs

State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) – Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) – have decided to procure ethanol to blend with fuel before selling it. The OMCs have announced an increase in ethanol procurement price for a six months period ending November 30, 2022. This

Proteum Energy partners with University of Regina to develop hydrogen from ethanol

Proteum Hydrogen Technologies Corp. and the University of Regina have agreed to work jointly to produce hydrogen from renewable ethanol feedstock. The project is aimed at advancing Proteum’s patented and proprietary steam non-methane reforming (SnMR™) technology, which can provide fuel cell grade clean hydrogen for heavy-duty transportation, low carbon hydrogen-rich designer fuels for power, and

Higher energy costs of Indian ethanol makers will be borne by oil retailers

The state fuel retailers in India are ready to offer monetary relief to sugar mills and other producers of ethanol to compensate for high energy costs. The objective behind this step from oil companies is to boost biofuel production. The Indian government fixes the ethanol purchase prices for fuel retailers – Indian Oil Corp, Bharat

Ethanol for agriculture and construction use in India: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has stressed that India needs to switch to alternative fuels, he has said that efforts are on to launch ethanol in construction and agriculture equipment. While speaking at a conference in Pune the minister said that alternative fuels is the future. The minister further said that diesel-based agriculture equipment should be

GranBio secures European patent for 2G ethanol production

GranBio secured European in August 2021, which has been successfully validated in 31 countries for patent protection. The 31 patents cover the production of cellulosic ethanol (or another fermentation product) in these countries. GranBio’s patented GP3+® technology converts non-food lignocellulosic biomass into low-carbon renewable biofuels. In order to license this technology worldwide, the Brazilian and

Corn use for fuel ethanol production in the US increased in March

According to the latest Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report by USDA released recently, the corn use for fuel ethanol production in March was up compared to both the previous month and March 2021. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was at 511 million bushels in March, up 12 percent when compared to

POET decides to reopen Ethanol production facility in Indiana

POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has announced that the company will invest $30 million and reopen its ethanol production facility in Cloverdale, Indiana. The company had idled the Cloverdale facility in 2019. The plant reopening in 2023 will create 50 local jobs and use 34 million bushels of corn annually. POET will invest

Ethanol production in Brazil down 10% in the first half of May

UNICA data shows that ethanol production in Brazil was down 10% during the first half of May at 1.65 billion liters compared to the same period in 2021. The figures include corn ethanol production and not just sugarcane based. The data also shows that sugar production was down more than 30% from 2021 at 1.67

Research at WSU on hydrogen-powered vehicles progressing ahead

Washington State University (WSU) researchers have progressed ahead in finding out a way to make non-polluting, hydrogen-powered vehicles feasible. The process used by the researchers is a small electrical charge in combination with ethanol and water to produce hydrogen gas. They found that gas can then be used as a carbon-free fuel for motor vehicles.

Indian cabinet approves advancing 20% ethanol blending target to 2025-26

The Indian Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at its meeting approved the amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels. It has approved advancing the target of blending 20 per cent ethanol in petrol by 5 years to 2025-26. The cabinet has also approved to allow more feedstocks for the production of biofuels in