Ethiopia to increase ethanol capacity, raises mandate from 5 to 10 percent

In Ethiopia, the Metehara sugar factory is now producing ethanol, which will bring the country’s ethanol production up to 18.5 million liters per year. The extra domestic supply will allow the capital city of Addis Ababa to boost its blending to 10% on March 7 from the current 5% blend. Doing so also breaks the monopoly on ethanol-blended fuel currently held by Sudan’s Nile Petroleum as OilLibya will begin blending E10 as well.

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