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Country's first biofuel plant – Odisha
October 12 , 2018
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- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will complete the commissioning of its second generation (2G) ethanol bio-refinery at Baulsingha village in Bargarh district by 2020.
- This is the first bio fuel plant in the country where ethanol will be produced from rice straw.
- Ethanol will be blended with petrol and used as fuel.
- As per the National Biofuel Policy-2018, India has set the target of 20% ethanol blending to petrol by 2030. Currently only 3% or 4% Ethanol blending in petrol is available due to unavailability of the biofuel.
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