Draft Bio Fuel Policy For Karnataka: Balakrishna Gowda
Draft Bio Fuel Policy For Karnataka: Balakrishna Gowda
Draft Bio Fuel Policy For Karnataka: Balakrishna Gowda
KARNATAKA
Balakrishna Gowda
University of Agricultural Sciences,Bangalore.
Email:[email protected]
The Background
Demand growing for this liquid fuel at 30% for every 5 years
The state has over 120 different species of plants that yield oil
in the range of 20 -70% in their seeds.
Turukaharalu (Jatropha)
The kernel contains 35-45% of oil.
Honge (Karanja )
The kernels contain 27-39% of oil.
Kokum (Garcinia)
The oil content of the kernel is about 40%
Production of ethanol:
Raw material
Starch as grain, corn, tubers etc.
Sugar plants (sugar beet, sugar cane, sweet sorghum)
Cellulose plants (plant biomass)
STATUS OF RAW MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF
ETHANOL IN KARNATAKA
Karnataka state is one of the major sugarcane growing
states in the country, producing sugarcane around 350-400
lakh tonnes annually.
The state has 47 sugar factories with a crushing capacity of
1.39 lakh tonnes per day and crushes about 275 lakh tonnes
in a season.
The molasses production on this quantum of crushing at 4%
is around 11.00 lakh tonnes.
Sugarcane ethanol, major alternative to petrol is a boon to
the country
a renewable source
eco-friendly
reduction in oil import
save foreign exchange
scope for higher price to farmers
The present policy of 5% blend of ethanol with petrol in the
country, expected to be raised to 10%.
TRAINING
Training / awareness camps conducted across the state for
the farming communities / ngo’s, lead department staff to
take up growing of biofuel plants with a view to build feed
stock resource base
THE POLICY AIMS TO
¾Use oil cake from oil expeller locally to improve the soil
fertility
¾Setting up rural industries for use of Glycerin and other
byproducts obtained during bio-fuel production
¾Provide tax holiday / exemption / benefits for equipments
used in production of bio-fuel
¾Remove Excise bottleneck in use of ethanol produced in
sugar industry for use as bio fuel
¾As a first step, state transport corporation to use bio-diesel /
blend in their vehicles
¾Encourage growing of Sweet sorghum, Sweet corn, Sugar
beet to produce fuel grade ethanol during lean period for
optimal use of land resource
¾Subsidize the bio diesel in the initial years to promote use
of the same as a blend with fossil fuel.
Bio Fuel Board
Sale tax / customs / excise / income tax exemptions at all levels of bio
fuel production including Machinery