West Bengal Will Be Self-Sufficient in Rice Bran-Based Ethanol Production: CM Mamata Banerjee

Business News/Analysis, Feedstocks, Field/Orchard/Plantation Crops/Residues, Funding/Financing/Investing, Green Jobs, India, Marketing/Market Forces and Sales, Opinions, Policy, Sustainability

September 3, 2021

Print This Article Share it With Friends

(Financial Express) West Bengal will soon come up with an ethanol production and promotion policy to make the state self-sufficient in rice bran-based ethanol production that has to be blended with petrol and diesel for lowering pollutants from the fossil fuel.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurating an industrial cluster on 1,500 acres in Panagarh said, the ethanol to be produced from rice bran has high potential and the state expected at least Rs 1,500 crore investment in the sector generating 48,000 jobs in the next five years. “We will procure broken rice from farmers and make the state self-dependent in ethanol production and blending,” Banerjee said.

The Centre has issued a draft notification proposing 12% and 15% ethanol blending in petrol when used as automotive fuel, available as E-12 and E15 respectively. The government had earlier proposed 20% ethanol blending by 2025, which the draft notification following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guideline has proposed to defer to 2030. India at present blends 8.5% ethanol with motor fuel. READ MORE

Bengal received 15 proposals for manufacturing biofuel: Chief secy (Business Standard)

Vikas Lifecare collaborates with multiple institutions to produces Cellulose, Lignin and Silica from Rice Husk (ANI/Vikas Lifecare)

Comments are closed.

Advanced BioFuels USA