In a significant step towards India's circular bioeconomy, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), under the PM JI-VAN Yojana, has approved financial assistance of Rs150 crore for India's first private-sector Hybrid 2G Ethanol Project in Uttar Pradesh. The project is designed to produce sustainable second-generation (2G) ethanol from sugarcane bagasse and other agricultural residues, creating a pathway to convert agricultural waste into clean transportation fuel.As India advances its ethanol blending programme, the focus is shifting towards feedstocks that do not compete with food production. While conventional ethanol is largely produced from sugar and grain-based feedstocks, next-generation biofuel technologies enable the use of agricultural residues such as bagasse, crop stalks and other biomass wastes that are often underutilized or openly burned. The 91 KLPD integrated biorefinery will utilize agricultural residues as its primary feedstock and demonstrate an innovative waste-to-fuel pathway built on three complementary technologies.The process begins with agricultural residues such as sugarcane bagasse. Using Ankur Scientific's biomass gasification technology, the biomass is converted into clean synthesis gas (syngas), a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This syngas then becomes the feedstock for LanzaTech's proprietary gas fermentation platform, where naturally occurring microorganisms convert the gaseous carbon into ethanol. Unlike conventional ethanol production that relies on sugars or starches, this approach enables the production of ethanol from biomass residues that would otherwise have limited economic value.Read more at:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/ministry-of-petroleum-and-natural-gas-approves-rs150-cr-assistance-for-indias-first-private-hybrid-2g-ethanol-project-in-up/articleshow/131857451.cms (ICE MUMBAI)

Fonte notizia: The Economic Times