India rejects 30 percent of biofuels – can't prove it was domestically sourced

In India, about 30% of the ethanol offered in last month’s tender to supply the country’s upcoming 5% blend has been rejected because the feedstock can’t be proven as domestic. The tender rules require that feedstocks be produced within the country, but standalone ethanol mills have been buying rectified spirit from sugarcane mills without their distilleries and using that as the feedstock. Though it’s apparently domestic, the ‘nationality’ of the spirit can’t be proven and is therefore disqualified.

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