The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is planning to adopt the E20 fuel.
Context
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is planning to adopt the E20 fuel.
What is E20 fuel?
- It is a blend of 20% of ethanol with gasoline.
- It will help in reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, etc.
- It will help reduce the oil import bill, thereby saving foreign exchange and boosting energy security.
How the ethanol would be attained?
- Ethanol is a biofuel and a common by-product of biomass left by agricultural feedstock such as corn, sugarcane, hemp, potato, etc.
What is the current status?
- The current permissible level of blending is 10% of ethanol though India reached only 5.6% of blending in 2019.
What would be required to adopt it?
- There would be a need to adapt the vehicular changes according to the fuel.
