Sweet progress. Triveni Engg becomes top supplier of grain-based ethanol from UP
Encouraged by the government’s promotion of ethanol with a purchase guarantee at a fixed price every year, many sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh are no longer seen as defaulters in cane payment. However, the state’s leading sugar producer, Triveni Engineering and Industries, has diversified into grain-based ethanol and has now emerged as the top supplier from Uttar Pradesh.
“We have produced over 3.5 crore litres of ethanol since July 2022 when we shifted to use grain as feed. Adding the ethanol produced from B-heavy molasses and sugarcane juice, the total quantity has reached 5 crore litres since April 2022,” said Anshu Srivastav, Head of distillery at Triveni’s Milak Narayanpur plant. The overall ethanol production of the company is much higher, he added.
