Centre takes major step towards ethanol production

The Indian government is taking a major step towards boosting ethanol production by contemplating the establishment of dedicated enzyme manufacturing facilities under its recently launched BioE3 policy.  The Department of Biotechnology is considering setting up the first such plant in Manesar, Haryana, to supply proposed 2G bio-ethanol plants in Mathura, Bhatinda, and Panipat.  These efforts

India’s 1st green hydrogen plant inaugurated

Union Minister for Steel and Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M Scindia, virtually inaugurated India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Plant in Stainless Steel Sector located at Jindal Stainless Limited, Hisar. The inauguration also witnessed the presence of Secretary, Ministry of Steel Nagendra Nath Sinha, Managing Director (Jindal Stainless Limited), Abhyuday Jindal, Founder, Hygenco Amit Bansal, and other officials

Sumitomo Chemical constructs plant for converting CO2 to methanol

Sumitomo Chemical, based in Tokyo, Japan, has successfully finalized the construction of a pilot facility designed to establish a highly efficient process for producing methanol from carbon dioxide (CO2). The facility, situated at the Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, has now initiated its operational phase. Sumitomo Chemical’s strategic objectives involve completing the

GreenH Electrolysis to build green hydrogen plant in India

The manufacturing plant will be equipped with cutting-edge technology from the Spanish parent company, H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies.

Cepsa awards 2G biofuels plant contract to Técnicas Reunidas

Cepsa has awarded Técnicas Reunidas the contract for the detailed engineering of the largest second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in southern Europe, which Cepsa will start up together with Bio-Oils, with an investment of up to 1 billion euros, at the La Rábida Energy Park in Huelva. The new plant, which will use agricultural waste and

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