India allows the use of surplus grains for ethanol feedstock

In India, the Hindu newspaper reports that the government has deregulated the use of surplus food grains as ethanol feedstock. Food and vegetable waste were also included in the list of deregulated feedstocks announced this week. Ethanol produced from the feedstocks will be accepted for blending during the 2018/19 supply year that begins December 1. The government is seeking ways to expand biofuel production supplies ahead of its 10% ethanol blending mandate set for 2022 in light of the lack of sugarcane and molasses-based ethanol supplies to fill the mandate on its own.