Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has stated on Friday that the state would emerge as the country’s largest producer of ethanol in the coming future.
While addressing in a seminar on ‘Ethanol Production in Karnataka’, he said that in the sourthern state 32 sugar factories are ethanol producer, while another 60 are at various stages of getting clearances to begin production.
Special incentives would be provided by the state and Union governments for ethanol production, which would see a huge increase in the next one and a half years in the light of the Centre’s decision to raise the ethanol blending in petrol to 20 per cent, Bommai said, noting that ethanol could be produced from not only sugarcane, but from paddy, jowar, and wheat husk too.
“The world is moving towards clean energy, renewable energy. More research is needed on ethanol production and usage. Hydrogen is emerging as a major source of green energy. About 43 per cent of renewable energy in the country is being produced in Karnataka,” he said.
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