Why Eai Image

1% CO2 emissions reduction in 25 years, Will you call it IMPACT?

Watch More Videos
Indian Petroleum Minister Pushes Ethanol, Petrol Blend | India Renewable Energy Consulting – Solar, Biomass, Wind, Cleantech
Select Page

Net Zero by Narsi is a series of brief posts by Narasimhan Santhanam (Narsi), on decarbonization and climate solutions.
See all Net Zero by Narsi posts from here.Connect with our director

The Indian petroleum minister Murli Deora recently convened a meeting with fuel retailers and sugar millers for seeking their support in its ethanol-blending policy. The move comes in the wake of government asked the petroleum ministry to ensure that oil companies compulsorily sold petrol mixed with 5 per cent ethanol and which was not being followed citing ethanol shortage.

In November 2006, the central government had mandated that ethanol should be blended in a 5 per cent proportion with petrol to be sold throughout India. However, oil marketing companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum — could not even implement the 5 per cent blend due to shortage of ethanol and Deora approached the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for keeping the 10 per cent compulsory blending plan in abeyance.

“The Cabinet has taken a firm decision and made compulsory for oil companies to blend 5 per cent ethanol in petrol. It has also decided to impose heavy penalties, if oil companies fail to sell petrol without 5 per cent of ethanol,” Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said. The Petroleum Ministry has been instructed to ensure all oil marketing companies (OMCs) implement the decision.

More from here

Here's more about EAI

climate tech imageOur specialty focus areas include bio-energy, e-mobility, solar & green hydrogen
climate tech image Gateway 2 India from EAI helps international firms enter Indian climate tech market

Deep dive into our work


Latest from Net Zero by Narsi


About Narasimhan Santhanam (Narsi)

Narsi, a Director at EAI, Co-founded one of India's first climate tech consulting firm in 2008.

Since then, he has assisted over 250 Indian and International firms, across many climate tech domain Solar, Bio-energy, Green hydrogen, E-Mobility, Green Chemicals.

Narsi works closely with senior and top management corporates and helps then devise strategy and go-to-market plans to benefit from the fast growing Indian Climate tech market.

narsi-img

Copyright © 2024 EAI. All rights reserved.