Indian standalone ethanol distilleries seen coming online in October

In India, the sugar millers association expects much of the newly installed 250 million liters of ethanol production capacity at standalone distilleries to come online in October, well ahead of when sugar mills typically start producing ethanol two or three months after the crush begins in October. The additional production capacity will use sugarcane as feedstock rather than molasses as has traditionally been the case thanks to the government recently deregulating feedstock use. Total ethanol production should reach 2.75 billion liters this year.