CSIR–NIIST, Hyderabad startup partner for fruit ethanol production
In India, The Siasat Daily reported that CSIR-NIISThas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Hyderabad-based biotech startup 3CL for a consultancy project that aims to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of producing ethanol from a wide range of seasonal fruits available in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The project is titled — “Pilot-Scale and Feasibility Studies for the Production of Ethanol from Fruit Pulp and Juices” — the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR–NIIST) said.
The biotech and agricultural-tech startup, 3CL, has developed an innovative process for converting fruit pulp and juices into ethanol and has partnered with CSIR–NIIST to undertake pilot-scale validation, process optimization and scale-up studies before commercial deployment, the report said.
Category: Fuels
