BPCL to Commission Second Generation Ethanol Plant in Odisha by Dec 2020
(Denton Daily) State-run oil company Ltd (BPCL) plans to commission its second generation (2G) bio-refinery at Odisha’s district by December 2020. The project will see an investment of Rs 10 billion and the foundation stone for the refinery will be laid on October 10 by Odisha governor Ganeshi Lal and Union minister of Petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan.
“We have the mandate to complete the mechanical commissioning of the project by December 2020 and the commercial production will follow immediately. The bio-refinery will have a capacity to produce 30 million litres of the fuel grade annually using rice straw as feedstock and the produced from the plant will be blended with petrol”, said Sanjeeb Paul, chief general manager, BPCL.
“The refinery will come up on 58 acres of land at and we have got the environmental clearance for it,” he added.
About 12 such refineries are proposed in different states in the country. Odisha is the first state where the construction of the projects is going to start.
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The bio-refinery will utilize about 0.2 million tonnes of rice straw annually as feedstock which will be sourced from nearby locations like Bhatti, Ambabhona, Attabira, Sohela, Burla, etc. READ MORE