Government of India gives approval to ethanol projects

The sugar companies in Inda received good news from the government, which has given in-principle approval to 46 ethanol projects. It has been approved by the Department of Food and Public Distribution. All these have been approved under the new window of interest subvention schemes. These projects are expected to generate more than 260 crore

OMCs sign tripartite agreement for dedicated ethanol plants

Oil marketing companies including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited have entered into a long upcoming dedicated ethanol plants across India, the government said in a press release. As per the agreement, ethanol produced by these dedicated ethanol plants shall be sold to OMCs for blending with petrol

GACL and GAIL sign term sheet for Gujarat ethanol plant

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and GAIL (India) Limited have signed a term sheet to jointly build a 500,000 liter per day ethanol plant in Gujarat, plans for which were first announced in 2021. The facility will use corn and broken rice as feedstock, producing 135,000 metric tons of animal feed and 16,500 tons

Ethanol blending in petrol reached 9.99% in India

The level of ethanol blending in petrol in India has reached 9.99 per cent, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. India had targetted 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by the end of 2022 and 20 per cent blending by 2030. The Centre has also targetted 5 per cent blending of biodiesel with diesel

India and Brazil agree to work on developing biofuels

Indian Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri along with Albuquerque reviewed the long list of bilateral and international activities and initiatives undertaken in the biofuels sectors in recent years, including the exchange of technical visits, the two editions of the Brazil-India Ethanol Talks, Symposium on Aviation Biofuels, launching of the Joint Working

Assago Industries submits application seeking land for bio-ethanol plant in AP

Assago Industries Pvt. Ltd. chairman Chander Prakash Gurnani and MD and CEO Ashish Gurnani met APIIC Chairman Mettu Govinda Reddy and submitted an application for allotment of 20.70 acres in Gummaladoddi industrial park in East Godavari district at $0.091 million against the present offer price of $0.18 million for setting up a bio-ethanol manufacturing plant

First greenfield ethanol plant inaugurated in Bihar

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a greenfield grain-based ethanol plant built at a cost of $1.37 million at Purnea. The project is a part of Bihar’s ambitious foray into ethanol production using sugarcane, maize and rice to meet the country’s fuel needs. The ethanol plant has been built using the latest technology and will

Ethanol mixed petrol in India will come into use within 6 months

The Central Government is all set to promote ethanol as an alternative fuel in coming times. According to a statement made by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways in SIAM annual convention 2021, the ministry will be expanding the network of ethanol pumps across the country in the next six months. For

Use of waste biomass can make India achieve 20% ethanol blending

India had set a goal of reducing its crude oil import by 10 per cent by 2022. The fulfilment of the goal will largely depend on the government’s ability to meet the recently revised target of blending 20 per cent ethanol in petrol (E20) by 2025 instead of the earlier deadline of 2030. As things

Sugar production in Brazil up by 15%, but ethanol output down

Sugar output in the 2022/23 season in Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter, is seen growing 15% to 40.28 million tonnes as fields partially recover from the harsh 2021 drought, government agency Conab said. In its first projection for the new season that started in April, Conab said it expects a total sugarcane crop