India’s Punjab state to revive six sugar mills for ethanol production; will provide power to the grid

In India, the Punjab state government will restart six cooperative sugar mills and will produce ethanol. The government said that operations at nine other sugar mills in the state would not be affected by the announcement. The government indicated that it would use the ethanol to generate

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