Apart from the table in the article, this part I found interesting
“Even ethanol produced from this is not commercially viable for consumers because it may cost you around Rs 120 a litre as against around Rs 60 a litre range for first-generation units,” Verma added.
The Panipat plant, according to the government, is based on state-of-the-art indigenous technology and will utilise about 200,000 tonnes of rice straw (parali) annually to generate around 30 million litres of ethanol a year.
India has set a target of blending 20 per cent of petrol with ethanol by 2025 and to achieve this, the country should produce 10-11 billion litres, of which 6-6.5 billion litres will come from sugarcane and the rest will have to be contributed by corn- and grain-based sources.
To produce this, a capacity for 12 billion litres will have to be installed. Of that 6.5-7.0 billion litres would be from sugarcane and the rest from corn-based distilleries.
As in 2021, the capacity is about six billion litres. Of that sugarcane sources contribute 5.25 billion litres while that from corn-based distilleries is just 750 million litres. Therefore, to achieve the 20 per cent blending target, grain-based distillation must pick up more pace than sugarcane-based ethanol.
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