Ethanol supply is expected to be more than 302 crore litre in 2020-21 supply year ended November, from only 38 crore litres in 2013-14, according to Economic Survey. The blending of ethanol with petrol is estimated at 8.1 per cent during 2020-21 ethanol supply year (ESY). Talking about the Ethanol Blended with Petrol (EBP) Programme,…
If there was a family photo of Coors beers, Coors Edge might be barely visible behind its flashier siblings, Coors Light and Coors Banquet. But Coors Edge has quietly made itself a player in the exploding non-alcoholic beer market since it was introduced in 2019. The segment has experienced booming growth in the last…
Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd (VSIL) on last week has announced its expansion plan and said it will invest ₹250 crore to set up a new ethanol plant in Karnataka. At present, VSIL has a sugarcane crushing capacity of 11,000 tonnes per day, distillery capacity of 1 lakh litres per day, co-generation capacity of 36.4 MW,…
The unit will use sugarcane juice and Biosyrup as raw materials based on technology supplied by Praj Industries. At full capacity, Swaraj will become the largest capacity plant to produce Ethanol in India and Asia. Swaraj Green Power & Fuel will set up Asia’s largest ethanol production unit at Phaltan (Satara) in Maharashtra. The plant’s…
Jan 03: Sparkling wine industry in India was started by Shamrao Chougule of Indage in 1982 and has evolved into a formidable part of the Indian wine market, growing faster than the still wine segment, propelled further by the lower-ended Wines-in-Can being the latest arrivals, writes Nashik-based Sparkling wines specialist producer Ashwin Rodrigues of Good…
Ethanol blending in petrol has risen to 8.1% in the ethanol year 2020-21, up from 5% in the previous year and 1.5% in 2013-14, thanks to a raft of policy measures that helped increase supply through a combination of assured purchases at government-set remunerative prices and interest subsidy for production capacity expansion.The government has been…
SK Sachdeva, chief operating officer of the Saraswati Sugar Mills (SSM), Yamunanagar flagged off an ethanol-laden truck on Thursday. The ethanol has been supplied to the depot of Indian Oil Corporation, Rewari. “With the production capacity of 100-kilo litre per day, the ethanol production plant is working at 100 per cent capacity since its inception,”…
The new excise policy that was announced on Saturday is aimed at increasing the financial resources of the state by formulating and controlling the manufacture, transport, import, export, sale, and possession of quality liquor. A new excise policy has been released by the Uttar Pradesh government for the year 2022-23 to provide farmers make more…
Sugar manufacturers are a happy lot as they continue to see earning triggers strengthen. On one hand, the sugar prices – in both the international and the domestic arena – remain supportive, the sugarcane price rise has been as per expectations. Notably, government measures on increasing ethanol blending are providing structural change for the sugar…
Bangalore, Karnataka, India: Urban lifestyle brand, Salud Beverages, has been changing the ready-to-drink segment by uncomplicating the drinking experience with G&T 2.0. It is now launching 3 more pour-and-enjoy variants – A Watermelon & Mint G&T 2.0, Salud Strong, and Salud Sonic. With the introduction of these three new offerings, the brand strengthens its portfolio of…