Roadmap for Ethanol blending In India 2020-25:
Decoding the opportunities in Ethanol Blending in India and how certain sector can benefit out of it.
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Data-facts:
โข 98% of India fuel requirement in road transportation is met through fossil fuel.
โข Bio fuels only consist about 2% of use for road transportation.
โข Ethanol is the important part of biofuel. It is naturally produced from fermentation of sugar by years or via petrochemical process such as ethylene hydration.
โข Combined ethanol distillation capacity of India is 684 crore litres
There are different types of Ethanol variants:
1. E-10: In this, 90% of usage is gasoline & 10% Ethanol.
2. E-10 is maximum used in India.
E-20:
3. In this, 80% of usage is gasoline & 20% Ethanol.
The calorific value of ethanol is around 2/3rd of gasoline
Recent Target Improvements:
โข National Policy for Biofuel has increased the target of Ethanol Blending to 20% from 10%
โข With low quantity around 50% of petrol sold is E10 blended & rest is unblended(E0).
โข Current level of Ethanol blending is ~7-8%, & 10% is expected by 2022