Page 2 - Ethanol Production

Sugar output may fall; still there'll be 8 mt surplus for exports: ISMA

ISMA estimates that the diversion of cane juice and B-molasses to ethanol shall cut sugar production by about 4.5 mt during the next marketing year.

Indian oil firms to compensate ethanol makers for energy costs: Report

Indian state fuel retailers have agreed to provide monetary relief to sugar mills and other producers of ethanol to compensate for high energy costs to boost biofuel production, according to a letter.

Sugar shares rally up to 9% on hopes of strong operational performance

With favourable mix of ethanol towards B-heavy/juice (feedstock) coupled with higher sugar realisations; operating margins are expected at 12.7%-13.7% in FY22-FY23 (slightly higher than FY21 levels).

Sugar stocks sweeten; Dwarikesh, Dalmia Bharat, Triveni surge up to 10%

Magadh Sugar & Energy, Rana Sugar, Uttam Sugar Mills, KM Sugar, Andhra Sugar, Mawana Sugar and Shree Renuka Sugar surged 10 per cent to 15 per cent on the BSE.

Ukraine crisis: Oil prices surge as US and Britain cut off Russian crude

Britain said it will phase out the import of Russian oil and oil products by 2022

Crude oil price spike likely to trigger interest in ethanol programme

According to officials, India has managed to blend almost 9.34 per cent ethanol with petrol in the first quarter of the 2021-22 supply year, which started in December

India increasing ethanol storage, targets 20% blended gasoline by 2025

India's state-run fuel retailers are increasing their ethanol storage capacity by 51% as the nation targets to double the biofuel's blending with gasoline to 20% by 2025

India on course to blend minimum 10% ethanol in 2021-22: Trade sources

Blending crossed 8.93% on Feb 16; trade sources say to achieve the 10% mark, 4.37 bn litres of ethanol are required of which 4.20 bn litres have already been offered via tenders and finalised by OMC

Why India's policy to produce ethanol-blended petrol is short-sighted

The ambitious policy to promote ethanol-blended petrol is politically popular but will be bad for India's food and water security

Oil marketing companies favouring grain-based ethanol: Sugar mills

Move to curb ethanol's over-dependence on sugarcane, say OMCs

Global sugar supply may decline as India boosts ethanol production

The world's sugar supply balance is expected to deteriorate in the 2021/22 season that started in October due to higher use of sugarcane to ethanol production in India

Farmers should turn to ethanol production for more profit: Gadkari

Gadkari said farmers should turn to ethanol production instead of growing conventional crops, as this will improve profitability and provide green fuel to the country

Sharad Pawar urges sugar mills to diversify, modernise manufacturing plants

Former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday asked sugar mills to diversify into other products like ethanol and CNG to deal with surplus production of sweetener

Cabinet raises ethanol procurement prices effective December 1

Reimburses Rs 17,409 cr to Cotton Corp; cotton procurement may not be needed, says secy

Ethanol blending on track but grain-based distillation could be a challenge

Less than 15% of total ethanol supply in the market is currently from grain-based distilleries

'Poor will be affected': India's ethanol plan sparks food security fears

Government argues that a new ethanol goal will help save billions of rupees by cutting crude imports, reduce carbon emissions and boost farmers' incomes.

Govt announces incentive for mills diverting sugar for ethanol production

The government on Friday said it will allocate a quantity of sugar that is sacrificed for ethanol production for monthly domestic sale along with the regular quota from this month onwards

Nearly 17 mn tonnes of surplus foodgrains to be used for ethanol making

Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said the government is encouraging ethanol production not only from molasses but also from foodgrains like maize and rice to achieve the blending targets

India's sugar production may decline to 30.5 million tonne next season

It is likely to decline as more sugarcane will be diverted for ethanol making, a senior government official said on Monday.

India wants ethanol to fuel its cars, but food inflation is a major risk

The government will fast-track an ethanol program that will divert as much as 6 million tons of sugar toward fuel production annually by 2025, according to the food ministry