Maharashtra mill takes lead on cane juice as ethanol feedstock

In India, the Press Trust of India reports that Tatyasaheb Kore Warana Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana is the first mill in Maharashtra to convert to using sugarcane juice as a feedstock for ethanol production following the deregulation of feedstocks in July last year. Although using cane juice for ethanol production is common in Brazil, historically India has used C-heavy molasses as feedstock and has just recently allowed the use of B-heavy molasses in addition to cane juice.