The impact of ethanol on the environment
3 weeks, 6 days ago

The impact of ethanol on the environment

The Hindu  

Concerns about the Ethanol Blended Petrol programme refuse to die down in Andhra Pradesh, with scientists and farmers saying water resources are depleting and emissions from factories are polluting the air, water, and soil. Buoyed by the encouraging results of the Ethanol Blended Petrol programme, which was introduced in India as a pilot project in 2001, the Central government in 2020 decided to advance the target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol from 2030 to 2025 as the way towards a greener future. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab have the highest number of ethanol factories in the country, contributing a substantial portion to the overall production capacity of 947 crore litres in 2022, as per information provided by former Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, to the Lok Sabha. Lokayukta officials had also said officials of the Pollution Control Board had failed to take action in 2022 against a factory producing ethanol since 2008 in Gandepalli despite knowing that effluents were being discharged into a nearby canal, which is used by farmers for agricultural purposes.

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How will the govt. produce the required fuel ethanol? | Explained
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How will the govt. produce the required fuel ethanol? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that India will achieve its target of 20% ethanol blending of petrol in the next two months, at least a year ahead of what was originally planned. The 1,100 crore litres of fuel ethanol will come from sugar and high grade molasses, Food Corporation of India rice, broken rice, and maize. …

Need govt policy to make bioethanol fuels price more affordable for wider adoption in India: Honda
2 months ago

Need govt policy to make bioethanol fuels price more affordable for wider adoption in India: Honda

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Jan 21 India has the advantage of achieving carbon neutrality through bioethanol and renewable energy-based electrification but the government needs to create a mechanism to make prices of bioethanol fuel more affordable to make it economically viable for users, Honda Motor Co Ltd Chief Engineer Hiroya Ueda said on Tuesday. Speaking at auto industry body SIAM's 3rd International …

Farmers urge Chandrababu Naidu to stop construction of ethanol factory in village
2 months, 1 week ago

Farmers urge Chandrababu Naidu to stop construction of ethanol factory in village

The Hindu  

Farmers from Arugolanu, a village in Bapulapadu mandal in Krishna district, and human rights activists met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday, seeking his intervention to stop the construction of an ethanol factory in the village. In a petition, they explained that the factory, coming up on 15 acres and having a production capacity of 200 kilo litre per …

India’s ethanol blending target may be unsustainable, challenges ahead: Study
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s ethanol blending target may be unsustainable, challenges ahead: Study

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India’s target of a phased increase in ethanol blending from 10% to 20% in a bid to decarbonise the transport sector may prove unsustainable, warned a new study released on Friday. To meet the growing demand for ethanol, the study indicated that an additional 3.5 Mha of land would need to be brought under sugarcane cultivation by 2050 …

Government Initiates Road Map for 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol
5 months ago

Government Initiates Road Map for 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri announces a roadmap for ethanol blending in petrol beyond 20%. He aims to blend up to 20% ethanol in petrol sold across the country by 2025 to lower its dependence on crude oil imports. The government acknowledges that unlike Brazil, India lacks the luxury of abundant arable land for biofuel …

Centre plans to boost ‘2G ethanol’ production, set up enzyme-manufacturing facilities to reduce imports
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre plans to boost ‘2G ethanol’ production, set up enzyme-manufacturing facilities to reduce imports

The Hindu  

Days after the Centre unveiled its BioE3 policy to boost bio-technology-centric manufacturing in India, the Department of Biotechnology – as part of first steps – is contemplating setting up enzyme-manufacturing facilities to bolster ethanol production., according to scientists and officials with the Department of Biotechnology. In 2022, the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. set up a first-of-its-kind 2G ethanol plant in …

India’s ethanol blending goals: Balancing fuel production and food security
7 months ago

India’s ethanol blending goals: Balancing fuel production and food security

The Hindu  

India is on its way to achieve its target of blending 20% of petrol with ethanol by 2025-26, going by the milestones on blending percentages crossed so far and the increase in ethanol production capacity. Status of ethanol production capacity Twenty per cent by 2025-26 would mean producing some 1,000 crore litres of ethanol for blending with petrol. The roadmap …

Ethanol: Catalyst for a sustainable future
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethanol: Catalyst for a sustainable future

Hindustan Times  

As the conversation on climate assumes greater significance by the day, so does the need for alternative energy resources. FILE - Ethanol refinery {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} As the energy ecosystem is rapidly evolving there is an increasing thrust on ethanol-infused fuels that have emerged as a viable and promising alternative. Introduction of ethanol blended motor spirit ) in India …

Ethanol: Catalyst for a sustainable future
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethanol: Catalyst for a sustainable future

Hindustan Times  

As the conversation on climate assumes greater significance by the day, so does the need for alternative energy resources. FILE - Ethanol refinery As the energy ecosystem is rapidly evolving there is an increasing thrust on ethanol-infused fuels that have emerged as a viable and promising alternative. Ethanol, a renewable biofuel derived primarily from plant feedstock, ensures significant environmental, economic, …

India's ethanol production gradually shifts from sugar to maize and rice
8 months, 3 weeks ago

India's ethanol production gradually shifts from sugar to maize and rice

Hindustan Times  

India achieved higher production of ethanol from grains like maize, compared to sugar, after the government’s push away from sugar for producing ethanol, Mint wrote, adding that the share of ethanol produced from grain is currently at 51% for November 2023-October 2024, citing two officials who had access to the information. Till June 9, India produced 357.12 crore litres of …

Ethanol blending saved ₹24,300 crore foreign exchange in 2022-23: Hardeep Singh Puri
1 year, 2 months ago

Ethanol blending saved ₹24,300 crore foreign exchange in 2022-23: Hardeep Singh Puri

Op India  

Blending of ethanol into petrol has resulted in savings of over Rs 24,300 crore of foreign exchange in the supply year 2022-23, said Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri on Wednesday. Public sector oil marketing companies have saved about 509 crore litres of petrol on account of ethanol blending during the ethanol supply year 2022-23, besides leading to an expeditious payment …

Sugarcane route is not sufficient to achieve E20 target: official
1 year, 10 months ago

Sugarcane route is not sufficient to achieve E20 target: official

Live Mint  

Sugarcane alone is not sufficient to achieve the 20% blending target, said Union Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Tuesday. “However, only sugarcane route is not sufficient to achieve the 20% blending target, therefore, ethanol from food-grains such as maize, damaged food grains and rice available with Food Corp of India has also been allowed,” Chopra said while …

Why stakeholders are squabbling over ethanol
2 years, 2 months ago

Why stakeholders are squabbling over ethanol

Live Mint  

In July 2019, TVS Motor Company, India’s third largest two-wheeler maker, unveiled a radical version of its best-selling performance motorcycle, Apache. The advantage with flex fuel engine is it takes care of any inconsistency in the supply of ethanol while also giving consumers the choice on which blend they wish to use," said Andre Aranha Correa Do Lago, the Brazilian …

About 20% ethanol-blended petrol to debut within days: Hardeep Puri
2 years, 3 months ago

About 20% ethanol-blended petrol to debut within days: Hardeep Puri

Live Mint  

Following the achievement of the target to sell petrol doped with 10 per cent ethanol, India will in the next couple of days start experimental supplies of 20 per cent biofuel mixed petrol, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on 23 December. Puri, while addressing the first public awareness event in the run-up to India Energy Week 2023 -- 'Dance …

Govt hikes procurement prices of ethanol for blending with petrol
2 years, 4 months ago

Govt hikes procurement prices of ethanol for blending with petrol

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a hike in the cost of ethanol procured by the public sector oil marketing companies from distilleries. The price of ethanol from sugarcane juice/sugar/sugar syrup has been raised from ₹63.45 to ₹65.61 per litre, the release said. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs …

India achieved 10% ethanol blending target ahead of schedule: PM
2 years, 7 months ago

India achieved 10% ethanol blending target ahead of schedule: PM

The Hindu  

India, the world's third biggest oil importing and consuming nation, achieved the target to blend 10% sugarcane-extracted ethanol in petrol ahead of schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Mr. Modi said India achieved the target of blending 10 per cent ethanol in petrol ahead of schedule. The target of supplying petrol mixed with 10% ethanol was achieved in June, ahead …

₹50,000 crore forex saved by blending ethanol with petrol in 7-8 years: PM Modi
2 years, 7 months ago

₹50,000 crore forex saved by blending ethanol with petrol in 7-8 years: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country saved ₹50,000 crore in foreign exchange by blending ethanol with petrol in the last seven-eight years. Dedicating the second-generation ethanol plant of India Oil Corporation to the nation here, Mr. Modi said that the same amount of ₹50,000 crore has gone to farmers. Mr. Modi, who addressed the gathering through video-conferencing, …

India achieves 10% ethanol blending target ahead of schedule, says PM Modi
2 years, 9 months ago

India achieves 10% ethanol blending target ahead of schedule, says PM Modi

The Hindu  

India has achieved the target of 10% ethanol blending in petrol, five months ahead of schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday at event organised by the Isha foundation. This, he claimed, led to a reduction of 27 lakh tonnes of carbon emission, saved foreign exchange worth Rs 41,000 crore and that India's farmers earned Rs 40,600 crores in …

Understanding India’s ethanol blending policy
2 years, 10 months ago

Understanding India’s ethanol blending policy

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018, to advance the date by which fuel companies have to increase the percentage of ethanol in petrol to 20%, from 2030 to 2025. Since two decades, India has been moving towards putting in place an ecosystem to have more ethanol blended into …

Ethanol blend in petrol to be raised to 20% in 3 years
2 years, 10 months ago

Ethanol blend in petrol to be raised to 20% in 3 years

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018, to advance the date by which fuel companies have to increase the percentage of ethanol in petrol to 20%, from 2030 to 2025. A 2021 report by the NITI Aayog said that “immense benefits” could accrue to the country by 20% ethanol blending by 2025, such …

Centre approves ethanol price hike by up to Rs 1.47 per litre for mixing in petrol
3 years, 4 months ago

Centre approves ethanol price hike by up to Rs 1.47 per litre for mixing in petrol

Firstpost  

Higher mixing of ethanol in petrol will help cut India’s oil import bill and also benefit sugar cane farmers as well as sugar mills The Union Cabinet on Wednesday hiked the price of ethanol extracted from sugarcane for blending in petrol by up to Rs 1.47 per litre for 2021-22 marketing year starting December, as part of its target to …

Giving big push for ethanol as fuel: Gadkari
3 years, 5 months ago

Giving big push for ethanol as fuel: Gadkari

The Hindu  

Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the government was giving a special push for ethanol as a fuel. Further, the use of ethanol blended petrol decreases emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides by 40%,” he stated. Currently, the sugar industry contributed to 90% of ethanol demand as a blended fuel, but the government …

Nearly 17 million tonnes of surplus foodgrains to be used for ethanol making: Food Secretary
3 years, 5 months ago

Nearly 17 million tonnes of surplus foodgrains to be used for ethanol making: Food Secretary

The Hindu  

The government on Friday said around 17 million tonnes of surplus foodgrains will be utilised, apart from sugarcane molasses, for manufacturing ethanol to achieve the target of 20% blending with petrol by 2025. In the 2020-21 marketing year that ended last month, Mr. Pandey said the sugar mills were able to divert roughly about 2 million tonnes of sugar towards …

UP becomes largest producer of ethanol in India
3 years, 8 months ago

UP becomes largest producer of ethanol in India

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the largest ethanol-producing state in the country. A total of 58 crore litres of ethanol was produced by 54 distilleries established across the state. According to the government spokesman, the state has manufactured 58 crore litres of ethanol, a solvent that is essentially mixed with petrol for environmental purposes, in the year 2020-21. By mixing …

Explained: What is ethanol blending in petrol and why it can be beneficial for India
3 years, 9 months ago

Explained: What is ethanol blending in petrol and why it can be beneficial for India

Firstpost  

Ethanol is a biofuel, that is, a fuel produced by processing organic matter. According to the paper, Roadmap for Ethanol Blending In India 2020-25 by the NITI Aayog and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the Centre had “launched pilot projects in 2001 wherein 5 percent ethanol blended petrol was supplied to retail outlets”. Announcing his government’s decision to advance …

India advanced target for ethanol-blending in petrol from 2030 to 2025, says Narendra Modi
3 years, 9 months ago

India advanced target for ethanol-blending in petrol from 2030 to 2025, says Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

Last year, the Centre had set a target of 10% ethanol blending in petrol by 2022 and 20% by 2030. Ethanol is less polluting and also provides farmers with an alternate income source New Delhi: India has advanced the target date for achieving 20 percent ethanol-blending in petrol by five years to 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, …

Indian Govt to Advance Implementation of 20 Percent Ethanol Blended Gasoline by 2 Years
3 years, 9 months ago

Indian Govt to Advance Implementation of 20 Percent Ethanol Blended Gasoline by 2 Years

News 18  

India's government will bring forward to 2023 from 2025 the possibility of fuel companies selling gasoline containing up to 20% of ethanol, according to brokers and a publication in the country's official gazette on Wednesday. "The central government hereby directs that the oil companies shall sell ethanol blended petrol with percentage of ethanol up to 20% as per the Bureau …

Government's Move to Allow Direct Sale of Ethanol For Automobiles Likely to Boost Demand: Ind-Ra
3 years, 11 months ago

Government's Move to Allow Direct Sale of Ethanol For Automobiles Likely to Boost Demand: Ind-Ra

News 18  

Centre’s move to allow the direct sale of ethanol as a fuel for compatible automobiles is expected to boost demand, said India Ratings and Research. “Of the total contracted quantity of 3 billion litres for ethanol supply season 2020-21, 0.8 billion litres of ethanol had been supplied till the first week of March, indicating a blending rate of around 7 …

Govt advances target of 20% ethanol-blending in petrol by 5 years to cut dependency on imports
4 years, 1 month ago

Govt advances target of 20% ethanol-blending in petrol by 5 years to cut dependency on imports

India TV News  

India has preponed the target of achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol by five years to 2025 as it looks to cut dependence on costly oil imports, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. "In 2014, less than 1 per cent ethanol was being blended with petrol against the target of 5 per cent. In the last sugar year, …

Govt. may extend soft loans to grain-based distilleries to boost ethanol production
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt. may extend soft loans to grain-based distilleries to boost ethanol production

The Hindu  

To boost ethanol production in the country, the government is considering extending subsidised loans to grain-based distilleries also under the ongoing scheme, according to government sources. The sources also mentioned that the grains-based distilleries association says that they have at present 75 crore litres capacity for ethanol making. When the scheme was launched in 2018, the sources said the government …

Ethanol blending with petrol likely to reach 7.2% in 2018-19 season from 4.2% last year
5 years, 11 months ago

Ethanol blending with petrol likely to reach 7.2% in 2018-19 season from 4.2% last year

Firstpost  

The new Biofuel Policy 2018 has fixed a target of achieving 20 percent ethanol blending with petrol by 2030. New Delhi: Ethanol blending with petrol is estimated to touch 7.2 percent in 2018-19 marketing year as record 237 million litre of supplies have been contracted, according to sugar industry body ISMA. The ethanol blending was 4.22 percent in 2017-18 marketing …

Narendra Modi says ethanol production to save Rs 12,000 cr in imports; blames previous govts for not being serious about it
6 years, 7 months ago

Narendra Modi says ethanol production to save Rs 12,000 cr in imports; blames previous govts for not being serious about it

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as many as 12 biofuel refineries at an investment of Rs 10,000 crore have been planned in the country New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday blamed previous governments for not taking the ethanol blending programme seriously and said now its production will triple to 450 crore litres in the next four years, leading …

Andhra Pradesh: Oil firms plan to set up 12 biorefineries for ethanol
6 years, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Oil firms plan to set up 12 biorefineries for ethanol

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: For controlling air pollution by reducing harmful emissions from vehicles, the AP government has been implementing ethanol blending programme under which oil marketing companies are mandated to sell petrol with up to 10 per cent ethanol. According to an annual report of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, in the past, ethanol supplies were enough to meet only …

Nagpur gets India's first ethanol-run bus
10 years, 7 months ago

Nagpur gets India's first ethanol-run bus

India TV News  

Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping launched India's first ethanol-run bus in Nagpur on a pilot basis. Speaking on the occasion, he said that a bill to make provision for running vehicles on bio-fuels and hybrid electric would be tabled in the Parliament in the next session.“The Centre would provide 200-500 ethanol-run buses to Nagpur …

Our Gas Will Soon Have More Ethanol
15 years, 3 months ago

Our Gas Will Soon Have More Ethanol

Wired  

Eager to help decrease our greenhouse gas emissions, spur job growth and foster the development of cellulosic ethanol, the ethanol industry wants the Environmental Protection Agency to increase the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline from 10 to 15 percent. In a letter to Growth Energy, the ethanol advocacy group that requested the increase last March, the agency said the …

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