Nagpur: Important information about the ethanol projects at Indian Oil Corporation’s Panipat refinery has emerged through an RTI response. The company has built two ethanol projects at Panipat at a total cost of ₹1,663 crore.
According to the RTI response, ₹909 crore was spent on the 2G ethanol project, which has an annual production capacity of 3 crore litres. Rice straw is used to produce ethanol at the project, which became operational on April 23, 2023.
Meanwhile, ₹754 crore was spent on the 3G ethanol project, which has an annual capacity of 4.2 crore litres. Off-gas is used for this project, which began operations on March 28, 2023.
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However, IOCL refused to provide information on the actual annual ethanol production from the two projects, citing commercial confidentiality.
