Page 8 - Latest Updates on Ethanol E20

India to allow ethanol-based 'flex engines' in vehicles: Gadkari

Govt will be rolling out a scheme on the same in the next three months: Gadkari

Ethanol blending: India's Rs 50,000 cr bet to cut dependence on foreign oil

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

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Making ethanol from food products can increase stress

Chhattisgarh signs MoU to set up India's 1st ethanol plant under PPP model

Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday signed a contract execution (MoU) for the country's first ethanol plant to be set up in the state under the public-private partnership (PPP) model

Centre's new ethanol policy aims at protecting farmers: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari said the Union government is very well aware of the plight of the sugarcane and paddy growers

Higher ethanol prices, procurement can boost sugar sector's prospects

Increase in minimum price of cane and export policy in new sugar season are also crucial to drive earnings

Centre may raise ethanol procurement by Rs 2.5-3 per litre for 2020-21

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is expected to decide on the same soon, say sources

Ethanol production capacity may increase to 375-400 cr litres: ISMA

With improved production of sugarcane, India's ethanol production capacity may increase to over 375-400 crore litres, said the Indian Sugar Mills Association of India

Sugar output in India expected to rise by 17.69% to 32 MT in 2020-21: ISMA

There is likely 1% fall in sugarcane area to 22.92 lakh hectares this year

Centre permits conversion of surplus rice to ethanol for hand sanitisers

Move will lead to use of part of a stockpile of 30.57 million tonnes, which is almost 126% more than the buffer stock and strategic requirement norms

Oil firms float fresh tender to procure 2.53 billion litres of ethanol

The new tender was floated because the first one for procurement of 5.11 billion litres of ethanol, issued in August last year, was vastly under-bid

Brazil can help accelerate India's ethanol blending programme: Raizen CEO

Raizen, one of Brazil's biggest ethanol producers is looking for partnerships with Indian firms, the company's CEO tells Business Standard in an interview

Heavy flooding to bring down sugar output by 20% to 26 mn tonnes in 2019-20

Ethanol is disrupting the traditional sugarcane value chain and could be a viable option to hedge the sugar sector from seasonal fluctuations and export market shocks

Conversion of sugar into ethanol could take time to show results on ground

The 2019-20 sugar season starts from next month and the peak crushing will happen in the first five-six months

Why it may take a while before conversion of sugar into ethanol takes off

Storage issues, financial health of mills are seen as some of the immediate impediments to the process

Govt should allow more sugar diversion for ethanol making: NFCSF

The country is likely to have total 43 million tonnes of sugar supply during the 2019-10 marketing year

Donald Trump set to discuss biofuels with USDA, EPA, says report

Trump had ordered members of his Cabinet to review the controversial waiver programme, which exempts small refiners in financial turmoil from their obligation to blend ethanol into gasoline

Dhamendra Pradhan to launch IOC's Rs 800-cr ethanol project in Gorakhpur

The unit is proposed to be set up on 50 acres of land in the premises of the now-defunct Dhuriapar Co-operative Sugar Mill

Sugar output seen falling 14% next season, opening stock to hit record high

Industry pins hope on exports, ethanol procurement by OMCs for buoyancy; opening stock in Oct 2019 seen at thrice 'normative requirement' of 5 mn tonnes in carryover stock

OMCs float fresh tender for procuring 910 million litres of ethanol

Domestic sugarcane value chain getting lucrative with ethanol 'topping'