Ethanol as an Alternative Fuel
The Minister for Petroleum& Natural Gas Shri
Dr. M. Veerappa Moily
informed the Lok Sabha in a
written reply today that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have recently floated a
new tender for procurement of ethanol, covering the period December 2013 to
November 2014. The tender has been opened and is under evaluation. He added
That the Government has decided on 3.7.2013 (OMCs) will procure ethanol (
Produced from molasses route only) from domestic sources to achieve the
requirement of 5% ethanol blending with petrol by October 2013 in areas/parts
of country where sufficient quantity of ethanol is available. In other
parts of the country, blending of ethanol may be increased progressively
depending upon the availability of ethanol to reach the 5% level. Accordingly,
OMCs are implementing the programme in 20 States and
4 UTs depending upon the availability of ethanol.
The Minister stated that the Government launched Ethanol Blended Petrol
(EBP) Programme w.e.f. 1.11.2006 in the
entire country except the North Eastern States, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman
& Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
Dr. Moily also said that as par the information
received form Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the cost of production of
fuel-grade ethanol varies from Rs. 36 to Rs. 39 per litre.
He also informed that
the Quantity of ethanol (alcohol) produced in the country during last three
years as per figures given by Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) are as
under:
Year
|
Ethanol
(alcohol) Production (in million litres)
|
2010-11
|
2742.75
|
2011-12
|
2956.00
|
2012-13
|
2934.25 (estimated)
|
The Minister further informed that as per the Report of the Committee on
Development of Bio-fuels, published by Planning Commission of India in 2003, by
the end of 12th Five Year Plan (2013-17) the demand for ethanol in
India by the transport sector at 5 percent level of blending was project at
1,039.27 million litres. The overall
supply/production of ethanol in 2016-17 was projected at 3,785 million litres, out of which 1754 million litres
was available for utilization by the transport sector/EBP Programme after meeting the projected demand of the
chemical industy ( 1003 million litres)
and potable alcohol ( 1028 million litres).
In reply to another query, MoS (PNG) Smt. P.Lakshmi informed that as on 28 November 2013, Industry
have procured 14.1 crore litre
of ethanol. This is against tenders floated in December 2012 for
requirement of 140.4 crore litres
of ethanol for 10% blending in 6 States and 5 % blending in another 14 States
and 4 UTs for the period from July 2013 to June 2014. Against the
said tender, a total quantity of 55 crore litres of ethanol was offered by the bidders. Offers
were not received for West Bengal. Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. A total
quantity of 40 crore litres
was finalized by the oil Industy for procurement at
54 industry locations.
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RCJ
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