Whenever ethanol is mixed with petrol and diesel, CO2 emissions from automobiles reduce by 30 percent. As a result, pollution decreases. Ethanol, when mixed with petrol and diesel, serves as a great cleaning agent for car engines over the long run. It also helps increase and improve the quantity of fuel.
Pune. Praj Industries Limited of India has said that to enable Tanzania to reduce importation of petroleum products, it is ready to transfer knowledge of ethanol production and blending of ethanol and petroleum through agriculture products.
Ethanol is an example of a biofuel that is produced from a biological material, mostly plants like sugar cane. Plants with a higher sugar content are preferable for ethanol production than those with a lower sugar content.
Praj Industries Limited Assistant Vice President Tushar Patil said they are a global bioetheral technology and engineering company operating in more than 70 countries, and in Africa, they have more than 50 projects in biofuels.
"Tanzania has similar conditions to India for having agriculture potential in different crops," he said.
According to him, the government endorsed a National Policy on Biofuels in 2018, which envisaged a target of 20 percent blending of ethanol in petrol by Ethanol Supply Year 2025–26. Accordingly, oil marketing companies (OMCs) are permitted to sell up to 20 percent ethanol-blended gasoline.
Whenever ethanol is mixed with petrol and diesel, CO2 emissions from automobiles reduce by 30 percent. As a result, pollution decreases. Ethanol, when mixed with petrol and diesel, serves as a great cleaning agent for car engines over the long run. It also helps increase and improve the quantity of fuel.
He said Tanzania has biofuel potential in agriculture through cassava and sugarcane, which are energy crops.
"To produce biofuels, robust supply chain development with the help of a policy framework is needed because there is a huge demand that is going to take on the role of cooking fuel as well as transportation fuel," he said.
However, he noted that India aims to share knowledge with developing countries, including Tanzania, which could help build more than 72 percent of GDP through the bio-economy.
According to Hin, biofuels are benefiting rural areas through job employment and introducing carbon footprints that address climate change. Further, it reduces imports, saves forex, and most importantly, increases farmers income.
He noted that if a strong policy framework is there, the ecosystem is ready, and consumption clear, a huge potential for raw material foreign investments can take place.
On his part, Praj Head, Business Development, Africa, Makarand Joshi, said that following the decision to blend ethanol with petrol, they saved $6.7 billion annually.
He said Africa"s oil and gas production is predicated to increase by 30 to 40 percent.
"About 700 to 800 million people use biomass fuel or kerosene for cooking," he said.
