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“In order to bring predictability and to encourage investment by entrepreneurs in expansion or setting up of new ethanol capacities, the government may devise and declare a floor price of ethanol for five years with an escalation clause for purchase by oil marketing companies (OMCs),” the committee said in its report laying out the roadmap for ethanol blending in Indian 2020-21.
Ethanol from B heavy molasses, sugar will help the industry, says Gadkari
May 17, 2021
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Massive surplus stock in Maharashtra can be used to produce ethanol and improve sugar mills’ financials
Against the backdrop of massive sugar production this season the sugar industry wants the government to buy ethanol produced by blending of sugar in B heavy molasses at a rate of ₹62.65 per liter.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, who is also the MSME Minister, has recently submitted the proposal to the Centre and has asked the Maharashtra government to approach the Centre with a similar demand.
“There is a huge stock of sugar in Maharashtra. I have recently submitted a proposal and the Maharashtra government must pursue it with the Centre,” Gadkari said.
Indian Register of Shipping Conducts Biofuel Sea Trials
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday April 23, 2021 The two vessels in the country s waters. The classification society tested a blend of 20% biodiesel on board two vessels the
Ambuja Mukund and the
Lafarge Holcim, it said in a statement on its website. Though the reduction in CO2 were found to be around 7 percent, the total life cycle reduction of CO2 by Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) was measured to be around 21% as the biodiesel from Soya extract had a reduction of life cycle GHG emissions by 70%, the classification society said in the statement.
Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has undertaken successful sea trials for two vessels towards use of biofuels in concurrence with the Indian flag administration. The two vessels – Ambuja Mukund and Ambuja Vaibhav, are owned by Ambuja Cements Ltd., which is a part of the global conglomerate Lafarge Holcim, a leader in building solutions. In .