HPCL to invest $92.4 million in 2G ethanol plant in Bathinda

In India, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has teamed with ICRISAT, Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on its 100,000 liter per day $92.4 million second-generation ethanol plant in Bathinda. The facility will use 400 metric tons of sugarcane bagasse and other crop waste as feedstock. Additionally it will also produce bio-CNG and bio-fertilizer. The plant is among several announced recently by oil marketing companies in response to the government’s push for E22.5 blending using waste-based ethanol.