India has started rolling out 20% ethanol-blended petrol this year, with the goal of covering the entire nation by 2025. PM Modi emphasized bridging technology gaps, promoting energy security, and diversifying supply chains at the G20 Energy Ministerial meeting.
In the past nine years, the central government has linked more than 190 million families to LPG while also accomplishing the remarkable feat of supplying power to every hamlet.
“Our goal is to promote equitable, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable energy for everyone. We started a little movement in 2015 by introducing a plan for the use of LED lights; this eventually grew into the world’s largest LED distribution program, saving us more than 45 billion units of energy annually, the Prime Minister added.
He added that despite being the most populous country in the world, India is making enormous efforts in green growth and energy transformation while moving slowly on its climate change promises.
“Nine years earlier than expected, we met our non-fossil installed electric capacity target. Now that we have a greater goal, we hope to install 50% of non-fossil energy by 2030. According to PM Modi, India is a world leader in solar and wind energy.
By 2025, the entire nation will have specialized fuel stations selling E20 petrol, according to Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who expressed confidence in the quicker rollout of such fuel stations earlier this month. E20 gasoline is a mixture of 20% ethanol and petrol.
Puri said in a video message to the AGM of the industry lobby IMC Chamber that the first E20 store was opened on February 8 of this year, ahead of the intended April debut. As of today, the number of E20 outlets has surpassed 600, and they will cover the entire country by 2025.
According to the ministry, the percentage of ethanol in petrol increased from 1.53 percent in 2013–14 to above 11.5 percent as of March 2023. From 38 crore liters in 2013-14 to 433.6 crore liters in 2021-22, ethanol-blended fuel has grown in volume.
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