ISMA welcomes launch of E 85 infrastructure

Launch of E85 infrastructure by Indian Oil, with E85 priced astatine astir ₹ 82.12 per litre versus ₹102.12 per litre for E20, completes India’s flex-fuel ecosystem alongside Flexi Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) launches by Hero MotoCorp and Maruti Suzuki.

If FFVs relationship for 50 % of caller conveyance sales, determination volition beryllium a request for 312 crore litres of ethanol annually, said Deepak Ballani, Director General of the Indian Sugar and Bio Energy Manufacturers Association.

Madhav B Shriram, vice president of the Association, added that E85 volition heighten home usage of ethanol and make important worth crossed the agrarian economy.