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Rs 900-crore plant set up by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Panipat to start on Wednesday
As per ISMA, sugar production in 2022-23 is estimated at 355 lakh tons as against 360 lakh tons in current marketing year ending September due to diversion of sugarcane towards ethanol manufacturing
The minister of state for petroleum and natural gas said work on meeting the target of 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol was on track
Indian state fuel retailers have agreed to provide monetary relief to sugar mills and other producers of ethanol to compensate for high energy costs to boost biofuel production
India has achieved the target of supplying 10 per cent ethanol-blended petrol ahead of schedule and is aiming to double blend by 2025-26 in order to cut oil import dependence
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday stressed on the need to switch to alternative fuel like ethanol and said efforts are on to introduce ethanol in construction and agriculture equipment.
Also, more feedstocks have been allowed for the production of biofuels which can be doped with auto fuels
Raising concerns over the surplus sugarcane production in Solapur, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged sugar mills owners to reduce the production of sugar and increase the production of ethanol.Gadkari was in Solapur on Monday for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of national highway projects. The minister said if the production goes on like this, then farmers would have no option other than suicide.Meanwhile, India's sugar exports surged by 64.9 per cent to $4.6 billion in the financial year 2021-22 from $2.79 billion recorded in the previous year, according to the latest government data.As per data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI & S), India exported sugar to 121 countries across the world during the financial year ended March 2022.India is the world's second-largest sugar producer after Brazil. Since 2010-11, India has consistently produced surplus sugar, comfortably exceeding the domestic requirements. The record
Under the schemes, the timeline for disbursement of loan for ethanol projects is up to March/April, 2022
The OMCs, on their part, according to earlier reports, said that there is no preference in awarding contracts for supply of ethanol
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Will a mug of ethanol mixed with petrol count as blended, will 5 per cent constitute a blend, or will the government publish a rule book?
This will be a big jump from 8.1 per cent blending seen in last season
There are over 3 million CNG-fuelled vehicles registered in India
E20 blended petrol to be introduced in 2023. In the transitional period, even 10% ethanol-blended fuel will be available but at different petrol pumps
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India will introduce flexible fuel vehicles soon as the country is aiming to achieve 20% ethanol-blending with gasoline by 2025, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told the Reuters Impact conference
The Centre on Thursday announced an incentive for sugar mills in the form of an additional domestic sales quota to those that export sugar and divert the commodity towards ethanol making
The government will fast-track an ethanol program that will divert as much as 6 million tons of sugar toward fuel production annually by 2025, according to the food ministry
Gail (India) Ltd will invest about Rs 5,000 crore to build a portfolio of at least 1 gigawatts of renewable energy and set up compressed biogas as well as ethanol plants