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E20 fuel

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Miscellaneous
  • Published
    19th Dec, 2020

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.

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