Ethanol

Ethanol

Ethanol is renewable fuel because it is produced from biomass. Ethanol also burns more cleanly and completely than gasoline diesel fuel.
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About Ethanol from damaged food grain

Low Carbon, Low Cost and Made in India

With more than 10 billion liters of annual domestic production, ethanol has emerged as a critical tool to combat climate change. Not only is ethanol 46% lower in greenhouse gas emissions than the petroleum alternative but this energy is manufactured and grown in India, resulting in energy independence. Alongside ethanol, biofuel manufacturers isolate the important components of the grain with nutritional value (protein, fat, and fiber) and concentrate those components into a protein-dense food that is cheaper to buy and less carbon-intensive to transport.
What is Ethanol? Why is it necessary as an alternative fuel?
Public oil marketing companies saved 433.6 crore litres of petrol due to ethanol blending. If E20 was available across the country, it would save Rs 50,000 crore in foreign exchange costs.
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Using Damaged Grains To Make Ethanol: Oil Retailers Await Norms -

Food Grains Lost Due To Poor Storage

Sr.No. Year Damaged Foodgrains(In tonnes)
1 2014-15 18,847.65
2 2015-16 3,115.68
3 2016-17 8,775.57
4 2017-18 2,663.49
5 2018-19 5,213.36

Courtesy: Parllament question on Mrch 17,2020

Why Choose Biofuel

Public oil marketing companies saved 433.6 crore litres of petrol due to ethanol blending. If E20 was available across the country, it would save Rs 50,000 crore in foreign exchange costs.

Using Damaged Grains To Make Ethanol: Oil Retailers Await Norms -

Saving Economy

Public oil marketing companies saved 433.6 crore litres of petrol due to ethanol blending. If E20 was available across the country, it would save Rs 50,000 crore in foreign exchange costs.

Saving the Planet

On average, ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 46% when compared to petroleum. INEPL is on track to double the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from our ethanol by 2025, resulting in a fuel energy product that is 90% lower in greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum.

Supporting Rural Economies

INEPL purchases the grain grown within a 100 Km radius of our facility. The ethanol industry provides payment of over ₹40,600 crore to rural environments—while giving local farmers a reliable place to bring their grain while increasing demand for their product.

The Fermentation Process

Indo Nuclear Energy ethanol is produced through the natural process of fermentation, enhanced by cutting-edge enzymatic and technological developments, to efficiently convert the starch in grain to fermentable sugar. Because we are committed to utilizing every part of of grain, we also produce Distillers Dried Grains With Solubles (DDGS), Distillers Corn Oil (DCO), and Pure Biogenic Carbon Dioxide.

Fermentation Co-Products

We are committed to utilizing every part of each grain; we innovate what others view as waste to provide low-carbon solutions. Indo Nuclear Energy, a bio-ethanol facility, uses the natural process of photosynthesis and fermentation to create ethanol and three co-products: Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS), Distillers Corn Oil, and Pure Biogenic Carbon Dioxide.

Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS)

Bioethanol also plays a vital role in low-carbon feed solutions. Fermentation converts starch and sugars to ethanol, but the remaining fat and protein are concentrated into an animal feed product called Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS). Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles offers a long shelf life with good energy and protein supplement in feed for cattle, poultry, and swine. Additionally, Marquis produces a high-protein meal known as ProCap Gold which is an even further-concentrated source of protein for animals and aquaculture.

BIPS Pure Biogenic Carbon Dioxide

At INEPL, tons of pure, biogenic carbon dioxide is captured during fermentation each year. This extremely pure CO2 captured through the fermentation process enables INEPL to provide low and even negative carbon-intensity feed an fuel solutions.

A Look Ahead: Ethanol as a Platform Molecule

Ethanol can be converted into the molecule ethylene, which is a ubiquitous building block for many other products. In the future, ethanol and ethylene can be used to create products such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, bioplastics and a number of other products.

Biofuels from Surplus Food Corporation of India

To ensure that the country does not miss any opportunity to generate its own fuel and bring down import dependence, the government proposes to use surplus foodgrains for ethanol production. Public sector oil refining-cum-marketing companies are awaiting formal guidelines, which are expected any time soon.

The decision to use damaged foodgrains for making ethanol shows the government’s commitment to promoting the ethanol blended petrol (EBP) programme even when crude oil prices are down and sends a message that the programme does not depend solely on sugarcane supply, said an industry source.

The indicative target laid down in the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018 is to achieve a 20 per cent blending of ethanol in petrol in the country by 2030. The policy also envisages the use of damaged foodgrains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet. A senior executive from a public sector oil company said: “The guidelines will outline from where the procurement will be done, how much procurement and the pricing mechanism. The oil companies will not be directly procuring food grains but they will take ethanol produced from it through a tendering process.