[ad_1] New Delhi : Government of India is taking proactive measures to boost export of surplus sugar & diversion of sugar to ethanol to ensure timely payment of cane dues of sugarcane farmers and to boost agricultural economy. In past few years, sugar production in the country has been more than the domestic consumption. Central…
Reluctance of the oil marketing companies (OMCs) to sign expression of interest (EOI) with ethanol manufacturers might put a spanner on the Centre’s ambitious plan for achieving 20 per cent fuel blending by 2020. The reluctance has stopped ethanol manufacturers – both sugar mills and grain-based – in accessing bank loans in time to start…
[ad_1] Representative photo: Alexander Popov/Unsplash India has to reduce fossil-fuel use and use carbon mitigation strategies asap, as the first part of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report recommends. The government’s Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India 2020-2025 lays out a plan to achieve a 20% ethanol blending target by 2025 using sugarcane and food grains….
[ad_1] Isgec has received a significant order for a 175 KLPD Multi-feed Distillery from Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd. for their site at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Multi-feed Distillery of 175 KLPD capacity is based on Sugar Cane syrup, B-Heavy Molasses and Final Molasses to produce Absolute Alcohol (Ethanol) for blending with petrol (EBP). The project…
Ethanol procurement by public sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) has increased from 38 crore litres in Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2013-14 to over 343 crore litres in ESY 2020-21. Under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme, ethanol suppliers have contracted to supply 343.16 crore litres of ethanol to public sector OMCs for the ongoing ESY…
[ad_1] The drink has zero sugar but unlike regular Mountain Dew, it won’t contain caffeine. PepsiCo and Boston Beer Co. have partnered to launch ‘Hard Mtn Dew’, which has 5% alcohol by volume and will be available in regular Mtn Dew, black cherry and watermelon flavors. Set to hit the shelves early next year, Hard…
[ad_1] The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha informed that currently, Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are selling 10% ethanol blended petrol which contains 90% petrol and 10% ethanol from their retail outlets. Under this Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP)…
[ad_1] Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors on August 09, 2021 has approved further capacity expansion of ethanol production from 840 KLPD to 1050 KLPD considering the huge untapped demand for ethanol due to the robust policies of Government of India on ethanol blending. The existing capacity is 520 KLPD (capacity…
India’s $7 billion bet to turn a fifth of its gasoline green. About 10 billion liters of ethanol will be required each year to meet the 20% ethanol-blended fuel standard by 2025, India’s Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Friday. New Delhi: India is set to spend almost $7…
[ad_1] The government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that the current percentage of blended biodiesel in diesel is less than 0.1%. The MoS for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameshwar Teli, informed the lower house of Parliament that the National Policy on Biofuels 2018 represents a target of 5 per cent of blending biodiesel in diesel by 2030….