Uttar Pradesh looks to boost ethanol production at 24 coop mills

In India, the Business Standard reports that Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister said 24 cooperative mills would soon get ethanol distilleries and cogeneration capacity in an effort to boost efficiencies, create jobs and supply more ethanol to other states. UP already blends 10% ethanol. In addition, he said mills would be adding additional ethanol production capacity straight from sugarcane juice over the next year, although he didn’t say how many mills or how much production would be installed.