In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports the Indian Sugar Mills Association is seeking government support to help it achieve the country’s 20% ethanol blending target by 2030, rather than 2025 as planned, due to lower than expected sugarcane production. The government has limited the amount of cane that can be used for ethanol production in order to ensure sufficient domestic sugar supplies. The industry expects sugarcane can supply 55-60% of the blending mandate’s required ethanol volumes, with support from the government. It feels the limits on ethanol production were too strict, as there would have been enough sugar despite producing an additional 2.5 billion liters of ethanol.
