Page 4 - Ethanol

Oil firms float fresh tender to procure 2.53 billion litres of ethanol

The new tender was floated because the first one for procurement of 5.11 billion litres of ethanol, issued in August last year, was vastly under-bid

Brazil can help accelerate India's ethanol blending programme: Raizen CEO

Raizen, one of Brazil's biggest ethanol producers is looking for partnerships with Indian firms, the company's CEO tells Business Standard in an interview

Heavy flooding to bring down sugar output by 20% to 26 mn tonnes in 2019-20

Ethanol is disrupting the traditional sugarcane value chain and could be a viable option to hedge the sugar sector from seasonal fluctuations and export market shocks

Conversion of sugar into ethanol could take time to show results on ground

The 2019-20 sugar season starts from next month and the peak crushing will happen in the first five-six months

Why it may take a while before conversion of sugar into ethanol takes off

Storage issues, financial health of mills are seen as some of the immediate impediments to the process

Govt should allow more sugar diversion for ethanol making: NFCSF

The country is likely to have total 43 million tonnes of sugar supply during the 2019-10 marketing year

Donald Trump set to discuss biofuels with USDA, EPA, says report

Trump had ordered members of his Cabinet to review the controversial waiver programme, which exempts small refiners in financial turmoil from their obligation to blend ethanol into gasoline

Dhamendra Pradhan to launch IOC's Rs 800-cr ethanol project in Gorakhpur

The unit is proposed to be set up on 50 acres of land in the premises of the now-defunct Dhuriapar Co-operative Sugar Mill

Sugar output seen falling 14% next season, opening stock to hit record high

Industry pins hope on exports, ethanol procurement by OMCs for buoyancy; opening stock in Oct 2019 seen at thrice 'normative requirement' of 5 mn tonnes in carryover stock

OMCs float fresh tender for procuring 910 million litres of ethanol

Domestic sugarcane value chain getting lucrative with ethanol 'topping'

UP clears land transfer to Indian Oil Corp for Rs 800 crore ethanol plant

Yogi government eyeing Rs 1,600 crore investment in defunct state sugar mills

China's ethanol love likely to be an antidote for slumping US Farms

Biofuel, made from corn, helps support farm-belt growth

Against 2 mn tonne govt goal, mills earmark 500k tonnes sugar for ethanol

Lack of ethanol producing capacity a major stumbling block; green fuel makers not satisfied with incentive structure, reluctant to boost production

Ethanol units plan to start operations in Oct following govt relaxation

To add 250 mn litres of new capacity to the existing 2,750 million litres

Govt hikes ethanol price by Rs 2.85 per litre for season starting Dec 2018

A decision in this regard was taken in a Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New formula for ethanol pricing

CCEA decides price, exclusive of taxes and levies at slightly less than earlier one from 2014

Talks on second-generation ethanol, coal-based urea

Currently coal production is surplus in the country and that surplus coal can be utilised for producing urea