Indian sugar mills say they could supply more ethanol if needed

In India, the Hindu newspaper says that despite sugar mills contracting a record amount of ethanol sales with oil marketing companies, they say that if a second round of tenders was held that more volume could be offered. A total of 3.13 billion liters are required to achieve the 10% ethanol-blending mandate in 2018 but mills only offered 1.13 billion liters. The limit on 10% of fossil fuel volumes at specific depots kept more ethanol from being offered but an unknown amount of additional ethanol could be offered if this restriction was lifted.

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