Blending ethanol up to 25% and accelerating flex-fuel vehicle development will help address overcapacity, Distillers Association chief

Spurring blending of ethanol with petrol to the grade of 25% and instauration of flex-fuel vehicles would assistance code the overcapacity existing successful the industry, Vijendra Singh, President of the All-India Distillers Association (AIDA) told reporters Monday.

“The manufacture holds a cumulative capableness of 200 crore litre,” helium stated, adding, “Clarity connected the 2 fronts would assistance utilise the investments that person already been made by the industry.”

Mr. Singh informed that astatine contiguous determination are 380 distilleries successful the country, cumulative of sweetener and grain-based, dedicated to ethanol. Further, different 33 distilleries are successful the pipeline to beryllium instituted.