據(jù)安迅思6月30日消息稱，印度國有的印度斯坦石油公司(HPCL)和印度天然氣管理局(GAIL)計劃建設(shè)第二代(2G)谷物精煉廠，以幫助印度到2025年提高乙醇產(chǎn)量。

　　HPCL將投資40億盧比(合5400萬美元)，在印度北部喜馬偕爾邦的烏納建設(shè)一座每天12.5萬升的谷物乙醇工廠，工廠占地70英畝，由邦政府提供。

　　該公司表示，該廠的大米和玉米等糧食原料將來自喜馬偕爾邦的4個地區(qū)以及鄰近旁遮普邦的2個地區(qū)。

　　GAIL計劃與私人合作伙伴合資建立一個更大的以谷物為基礎(chǔ)的乙醇工廠，日產(chǎn)能50萬升。

　　該公司一名高級官員表示：“我們正在為一家乙醇精煉廠尋找合作伙伴，以便我們也可以參與印度政府的乙醇混合項目，這是一個新的利潤豐厚的領(lǐng)域，政府已經(jīng)開設(shè)了這個項目。”

　　他補充稱，擬建工廠生產(chǎn)的乙醇將出售給石油營銷公司，用于與汽油混合。

　　該公司消息人士稱，盡管該公司尚未敲定投資細節(jié)和工廠選址，但 GAIL 打算在乙醇缺乏的州建造精煉廠。

　　根據(jù)GAIL的評估，印度將需要生產(chǎn)超過120億升(42億噸)乙醇，以實現(xiàn)到2025年在燃料中混合20%乙醇的目標，并滿足化學和其他行業(yè)的要求。

　　該國用于混合燃料的乙醇傳統(tǒng)上是用甘蔗糖蜜和甘蔗汁生產(chǎn)的。

　　政府預(yù)計，到2025年，制糖業(yè)將生產(chǎn)70億升乙醇，占所需總產(chǎn)量的58%，剩下的50億升將由谷物和其他2G乙醇工廠生產(chǎn)。

　　政府預(yù)計在2020年12月至2021年11月期間，燃料乙醇混合率將達到近8.5%。

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 安迅思

　　原文如下：

　　India’s HPCL, GAIL to build 2G ethanol plants

　　State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) are planning to build second generation (2G) grain-based refineries, to help boost India’s ethanol output by 2025.

　　HPCL will invest Indian rupee (Rs) 4bn ($54m) on a 125,000 litre/day grain-based ethanol plant at Una in the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India, with plant site of 70 acres to be provided by the state government.

　　Feedstock grains such as rice and maize for the plant would be sourced from four districts in Himachal Pradesh and two districts in neighbouring Punjab state, the company said.

　　GAIL is planning a bigger grain-based ethanol plant with a 500,000 litres/day capacity, in joint venture with private partners.

　　“We are seeking partners for an ethanol refinery, so that we can also be part of ethanol blending programme of the Government of India, which is now a new lucrative area, which has been opened by the government,” a senior company official said.

　　Ethanol produced at the proposed plant would be sold to oil marketing companies for blending with petrol, he added.

　　While the company is yet to finalise investment details and plant location, GAIL intends to build the refinery in an ethanol-deficient state, the company source said.

　　India will need to produce more than 12bn litres (4.2bn tonnes) of ethanol to achieve its target of blending 20% ethanol in fuel by 2025, and to meet the requirements of the chemical and other sectors, as per GAIL’s assessment.

　　Ethanol used for blending in fuel in the country is traditionally produced using sugarcane molasses and juice.

　　By 2025, the government expects the sugar industry to produce 7bn litres of ethanol or 58% of the total output required, with grain-based and other 2G ethanol plants expected to produce the remaining 5bn litres.

　　The government expects to achieve nearly an 8.5% ethanol blending rate for fuel from December 2020 to November 2021.