The Bihar government approved Bihar Biofuels Production Promotion Policy, 2023, which will pave the way for production of compressed biogas (CBG) apart from ethanol in the state. CBG is produced from biomass and waste sources like agricultural residue, cattle dung, sugar cane press mud, municipal solid waste and sewage treatment …
NEW DELHI: India and Brazil are exploring the possibility of cooperation in production of ethanol and agricultural investment. It is felt that the joint efforts of the world's two largest sugarcane producers, India and Brazil, were crucial to making ethanol a global commodity and a sustainable, low-carbon energy alternative to …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 7, 2010, 1:23 IST First such tie-up between a sugar and a petroleum company. Shree Renuka Sugars is looking to set up an integrated sugar-cum-ethanol plant with oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) in Maharashtra. This would be the first such tie-up between …
RICH DIVIDENDS FOR OMCs, NO REAL BENEFIT FOR CONSUMERS & FARMERS ONE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION TO ASK over ethanol pricing even as a panel chaired by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri examines a
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 3, 2010, 1:15 IST Offers 1,000 million litres ethanol to OMCs. The sugar industry has offered to supply around 1,000 million litres ethanol to oil marketing companies for blending it with petrol. This is more than the 860 million litres required for blending the …
This report from the Biofuels task force of the World Energy Council reviews the debate between supporters and opponents of Biofuels, against the backdrop of rapidly increasing energy demand. Skyrocketing prices of crude oil in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century accompanied by rising prices for …
Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses. Because alternatives to liquid fossil fuels are important to develop in order to address greenhouse gas mitigation and other energy policy objectives, the potential for …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 0:20 IST Demand that the deposit fee sought by OMCs be cut to 1% from 10%. Ethanol manufacturers in Maharahstra, in a serious bid to supply ethanol for five per cent blending with petrol, have decided to reserve half their alcohol stock exclusively …
On 16 August, the government gave the green signal to blend 5 per cent ethanol with petrol, even as it hiked the price of ethanol from Rs 21.50 to Rs 27 per litre. And while the Planning Commission is examining the issue of ethanol blending and pricing in detail before …
IT WAS a big win, at least for now, for the powerful Maharashtra sugar lobby when the three ministers from the state on the ethanol GoM clinched the contentious price of Rs 27/litre for ethanol at the CCEA on Monday. Under intense lobbying from ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Murli Deora and …
The government today gave its formal approval to the introduction of five per cent ethanol-blending in petrol, at a price of Rs27 per litre for ethanol.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the proposal for implementation of the ethanol programme in all states except Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and …
Sujay MehdudiaNEW DELHI: After months of deliberations, the Union Cabinet on Monday decided to fix an interim price of Rs.27 for a litre of sugarcane-extracted ethanol for blending with petrol.However, the final price will be set on the recommendations of a committee of experts.At a meeting here, the Cabinet Committee …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 2, 2010, 0:32 IST Oil marketing companies (OMCs) will float tenders for ethanol procurement at Rs 27 per litre for a mandatory five per cent blending with petrol, once the Centre issues a notification in this regard. A group of ministers (GoM) on ethanol recently …
There is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. Growing biofuel crops could induce diversion of other crops dedicated to food and feed needs. The relocation of production could increase deforestation and bring significant new volumes of carbon into the atmosphere. This paper develop a …
Recent increases in production of crop-based (or first-generation) biofuels have engendered increasing concerns over potential conflicts with food supplies and land protection, as well as disputes over greenhouse gas reductions. This has heightened a sense of urgency around the development of biofuels produced from non-food biomass (second-generation biofuels). This study …
New Delhi: Oil companies will pay an interim price of Rs 27 per litre for ethanol, which they will buy from the sugar mills for doping in petrol, and a final price will be fixed after an expert committee submits its report. "This is an interim price that the EGoM …
In spite of the stiff opposition from the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, the group of ministers (GoM) on ethanol today maintained status quo on its earlier decision by upholding a price of Rs 27 a litre for a mandatory 5 per cent blending with petrol. This is against a …
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai July 26, 2010, 0:07 IST First refining firm to do so; Bihar sugar units to restart after 14 years At a time when the ethanol-petrol blending programme has met with only partial success, government-controlled Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) will become the first petroleum company in …
Centre All Set To Fix Price At Rs 27/Litre; Industry Says Move To Spell Loss For OMCs THE Centre is all set to fix the price of ethanol at Rs 27 per litre this week under intense pressure from the powerful sugar lobby. This will ensure fat bottom lines for …
