In India, S&P Global reported that the Indian government may push for sweet sorghum as an alternative to sugarcane to diversify ethanol feedstocks, amid ongoing volatility in sugarcane availability, according to an official from the Indian Institute of Millets Research.
The official noted that the government prefers sweet sorghum as an additional feedstock for biofuel, given the ongoing challenges with the availability and viability of sugarcane, rice and corn in recent years, according to the report.
“A meeting was held in August to review the sweet sorghum crop and explore possibilities in India to increase ethanol production. The government has asked the IIMR to produce more better-yielding varieties of sweet sorghum,” the official said.
The report also stated that the juice content of the sweet sorghum variety released in 2024 has increased to 15,000-16,000 liters/hectare from 12,000-14,000 liters/ha from the variety released in 1992, according to a source at IIMR.
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Tags: ethanol, India, sweet sorghum
Category: Fuels
