据安迅思孟买8月3日消息，印度东部奥里萨邦政府消息人士周二表示，该邦已批准三个乙醇项目，预计将增加乙醇与汽车燃料调和的可用性。

　　国有印度石油公司(IOC)计划在奥里萨邦巴拉索尔的Balgopalpur工业园区新建一个日产500千升乙醇的工厂。预计该工厂将需要87亿卢比(合1.17亿美元)的投资。

　　另一家国有公司印度斯坦石油公司(HPCL)也将在奥里萨邦纳巴朗普尔区的Umerkote新建一个乙醇工厂。

　　该工厂将分两期建设，投资50亿卢比，日产乙醇500千升。

　　Newalt能源公司将投资12.5亿卢比，在奥里萨邦安格尔区新建一个日产100千升乙醇的工厂。

　　政府消息人士称，所有这些工厂都将使用谷物作为乙醇生产的原料，但没有提供这些项目完成的时间表。

　　2020年12月，印度政府允许将粮食用于生产乙醇。

　　在2020年12月至2021年11月的乙醇供应年度中，印度预计在汽车燃料中调和约8.5%的乙醇。

　　印度预计，到2022年乙醇与汽油的混合比例将达到10%，到2025年，混合比例将达到20%。

　　张春晓 摘译自 ICIS

　　原文如下：

　　India’s Odisha state approves three ethanol projects

　　India’s eastern state of Odisha has approved three ethanol projects which are expected to augment the availability of ethanol for blending with auto fuel, a state government source said on Tuesday.

　　State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) plans to set up a 500 kilolitre/day plant at Balgopalpur industrial estate in Balasore. The plant is expected to require an investment of Indian rupees (Rs) 8.7bn ($117m).

　　Another state-owned company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation’s (HPCL) will also set up an ethanol plant at Umerkote in Nabarangpur district.

　　The plant, which will be set up in two phases with an investment of Rs5bn, will produce 500 kilolitres/day of ethanol.

　　Newalt Energy will invest Rs1.25bn to set up a 100 kilolitres/day ethanol plant in Angul district.

　　All these plants will use grain as feedstock for ethanol production, the government source said but did not provide a timeline for the completion of these projects.

　　In December 2020, the Indian government allowed the use of foodgrains for the production of ethanol.

　　India is expected to blend around 8.5% of ethanol with auto fuel in the current ethanol supply year which runs from December 2020 to November 2021.

　　India expects to blend 10% ethanol with petrol by 2022 and 20% by 2025.