With Food Corporation of India (FCI) stopping the supply of concessional rice for blending with ethanol, oil-marketing companies (OMCs) have decided to increase the price of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrain (DFG) by Rs 4.75 per litre and that from maize by Rs 6.01 per litre for the remaining period of the 2022-23 ethanol… Continue reading Oil-marketing companies raise prices of ethanol from maize, damaged food
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No sugar mill in Maharashtra should be without ethanol distillery: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said there should not be a single sugar mill in Maharashtra that is not producing ethanol. He was speaking at a public event after launching the digital portal of the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS) office… Continue reading No sugar mill in Maharashtra should be without ethanol distillery: Shah
The case for staying with ethanol 10
Premium Illustration: BINAY SINHA India’s biofuel initiatives have been successful in getting us to a 10 per cent ethanol blend with petrol (E10). At this level, petrol engines sold in India since 2008 are not harmed, although older engines need modifications or no ethanol. Also, molasses as feedstock for ethanol from sugar factories have… Continue reading The case for staying with ethanol 10