UP ethanol production hits 1.4 bn litres, more capacity in the pipeline

60 sugar mills likely to produce ethanol by 2021-22

Uttar Pradesh sugar mills have ramped up total ethanol production of more than 1.4 billion litres (BL) per annum even as more capacities are in the pipeline.

According to the state sugar industry and sugarcane development department, at least 25 sugar mills in UP had already started ethanol production from ‘b heavy’ molasses, thus providing the much needed liquidity to the state sugar sector during the current times of sugar glut and price crash.

The state government has estimated that by 2021-22, about 60 sugar mills in UP would be producing ethanol from ‘b heavy’ molasses, while a few cooperative