Panipat plant to provide 10 TPD for fuel blending
Nuberg EPC has started working on a 10 TPD 2nd Generation Bio-Ethanol from Biomass plant project on an Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) basis at Panipat. It will produce ethanol for fuel blending for the Indian Oil Corp Ltd.
Nuberg will be the single-point solution company responsible from concept to commissioning of the project. Mechanical completion of the project is expected by June 2022.
The 10 TPD Bio-Ethanol project is based on technology developed by IOCL’s R&D team and thus, is a completely made in India undertaking for Bio-Ethanol, Nuberg said in a release on 6 Dec 2021.
The government of India’s blended ethanol fuel roadmap envisages raising pan-India ethanol production capacity from the current 700 to 1,500 crore liters. This will enable the phased rollout of E10 fuel by April 2022 and the phased rollout of E20 from April 2023 for complete availability by April 2025.
Currently, India has at around 8.33% ethanol blend capacity.
Biomass-based ethanol also helps increase the proportion of Green Energy in the conventional fossil fuel transportation industry and sets the pace for upcoming Green Hydrogen economy for the country.
Nuberg’s scope of services includes Process Design & Technology including Product and Technology Development, in-house as well as with Third Party Licensors, Process Know-how & Licensing, Basic Engineering, Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Residual Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Operation & Maintenance, Detailed Engineering, Project Management, Commissioning, EPC & LSTK Solutions, Heavy Fabrication, and start-up of the plant, A. K. Tyagi, CMD, Nuberg Engineering, elaborated on the project award.
“We are thankful to IOCL for entrusting another turnkey project to our engineering capabilities and EPC services and solutions. Nuberg EPC is at the forefront of the Green Energy revolution in India with two clean energy plants under development. We are proud to be leading the green energy revolution infrastructure building in the country,” he said. fiinews.com
