In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports the government is planning to set up ethanol storage capacity to ensure there is sufficient supply availability in anticipation of demand for the newly launched E20 at limited pumps around the country. In addition to carry over ethanol stocks, more sugar could be diverted to ethanol if required. […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Prime Minister has officially rolled out the 20% ethanol blend during the India Energy Week opening ceremonies. Two months ahead of schedule, selected pumps in 15 cities 11 states and union territories are now selling E20 while the fuel will be rolled out throughout the rest […]
In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports the government plans to starting slowly phasing in E20 in April, ahead of the 2025/26 nationwide blending mandate. The country has five 2G ethanol plants currently under development while it has been supporting sugarcane- and grain-based ethanol distillery installation through soft financing and ever-higher prices over the last […]
In Indonesia, Bloomberg reports the country aims to implement an E20 blend at the pump next year. State-owned oil company Pertamina has wanted to blend ethanol for some time, but low oil prices kept it from doing so while its new net zero ambitions for 2060 are helping it to move the dial. The new […]
In India, the Times Now newspaper reports that following last week’s launch of the Toyota flex-fuel hybrid vehicle, the petroleum and natural gas minister confirmed the government plans to roll out E20 at the pumps by January, but it could be as early as December. The original target was for April 2023. The government wants […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports the government is working to make E20 the primary fuel sold at the pump as it phases out E10 from the market. The effort to boost demand and therefore prop up prices for cassava and sugar could include adding a levy for the Oil Fuel Fund onto E10 […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports E20 will already be available at the pump starting in April 2023 as part of the country’s move towards 20% ethanol blending overall by 2025. Ten percent ethanol blending was achieved in June this year. The Prime Minister dedicated the Indian Oil Corp.’s new zero liquid waste […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports the Tapioca Ethanol Association is calling for further support to E20 and E85 blends in an effort to fight rising fuel prices in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Currently E10 commands 75% of the national fuel market while the higher blends only account for 22%. Drivers […]
In Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Situation reports Green Fuel says it can produce enough ethanol to supply domestic demand as the blending mandate ramps up to 20% later this month. Blending was brought back up to 10% in April in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which brought down pump prices by 4 cents per […]
In Germany, in a joint project, CropEnergies AG together with Stuttgart Airport and the mineral oil company Mabanaft Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG are testing a fuel with 20 percent renewable ethanol. The petrol fuel provided by CropEnergies and Mabanaft for test purposes is intended to help save CO2 and reduce particulate emissions. The 100 […]
