India Promotes Ethanol from Farm Waste Initiative
August 10, 2016http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/10831/india_to_push_for_ethanol_made_from_farm_waste/
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India is aiming to promote the production of ethanol from plant biomass like wheat, cotton and rice straw. India's union minister for Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari is set to promote ethanol production in the next few weeks. This comes after the government announced a 10% ethanol blending requirement to be mixed with petrol. However, Gadkari's announcement can be instrumental in increasing the ethanol blending to 22.5%.
The move is also expected to create demand for farm waste, which is currently just being burned away.
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