Gandhinagar: India's largest fertilizer cooperative Krishak Bharti Cooperative Ltd (KRIBHCO) will set up ethanol plants in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with an investment of Rs. 1100 crore. According to company, the plant in Gujarat will be set up at Hazira. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) company KRIBHCO Green Energy Pvt Ltd has been set up to execute this plan. All three projects have received environment clearance, and interest subvention scheme benefit in-principle. Accordin...Read More

Mumbai: Jio-bp, a fuels and mobility joint venture between RIL and bp today announced the initial rollout of E20 petrol. In line with the roadmap set by the Government, Jio-bp has become one of the first fuel retailers in India to make E20 blended petrol available. Customers with E20 petrol compatible vehicles will be able to opt for this fuel at select Jio-bp outlets, and the offering will soon be expanded across the network. The E20 fuel is a twenty percent blend of ethanol and eighty perce...Read More

By Japan K Pathak, New Delhi/Panipat: Petrol that you purchase from petrol pumps for your vehicle has 10 per cent portion of Ethanol mixed in it. This Ethanol is domestically produced and therefore the import bill on that much of petrol is saved for the country. The Government of India has plans to increase the proportion of Ethanol in petrol to 20 per cent by 2025. It will save 20 percent import bill on import of crude oil. While country is gearing up to achieve this target, it is also adopting...Read More