Sugar mills ready to ramp up ethanol capacity, see no need to raise cane area
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India has the potential to produce as much as 1,000 crore litres of ethanol from the current level of sugarcane production against the requirement of 1,200 crore litres to achieve 20 per cent ethanol blending with petrol (EBP) target by 2025-26. However, sugar mills need to ramp up their capacity from the current 700 crore litres to at least 1,100 crore litres.
The EBP has reached 11.76 per cent for the current ethanol supply year (December-October) as of August 31, whereas the target is 12 per cent for the whole year and officials are hopeful of achieving it.
