Kartik Agro to set up 65 kl/d ethanol plant in South India

Kartik Agro Industries plans to set up a 65 kiloliters/day ethanol plant at Huligeri in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, a company official said Friday. "The distillery will produce 65 kl/d ethanol of industrial, potable and fuel grade. Molasses will be the main raw material for the manufacture of ethanol. Requirement of molasses will be 280 mt/day," Kartik Agro Industries said in a proposal submitted to the federal environment and forests ministry for environmental clearance. The plant will be designed to process both molasses and grains for manufacturing ethanol. "The distillery is to operate on molasses as feedstock with a provision to use grains in the event of a scarcity of molasses. "Maize will be used as raw material in case of a shortage of molasses. In such a case... [read full story]