Indian producers shift to industrial ethanol as Indian gov’t delays fuel price rises

In India, sugar mills are diverting ethanol to ENA and industrial ethanol applications away from the fuel market because the government has yet to officially boost the price to 34 rupees from the current 27 rupees despite having already agreed to do so. About 2.4 billion liters of ENA can be produced from this year’s cane crop, while ethanol blending requires a bit more than a billion liters per year.