BPCL comissions 2G bioethanol refinery at Bargarh
Government-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has announced the commissioning of a second-generation (2G) bioethanol refinery at Odisha's Bargarh. As per BPCL, the refinery has a production capacity of 100 kilo litres per day (KL/day) of fuel-grade bioethanol.
The bioethanol will be produced from rice straw using advanced lignocellulosic technology. This refinery has been designed as a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant, incorporating solid-liquid separation systems to optimise water use and minimise environmental impact.
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