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BIRAC Success Stories | 2016 India Glycols
Key Highlights
* Largest ethanol producer and consumer
Breakthrough in the country.
* 10 ton/day demonstration plant
• India Glycols Ltd. (IGL) is one of the inaugurated on 22nd April 2016 by Dr.
largest ethanol producer and consumer Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science &
in the country. Technology and Earth Sciences as India’s
• DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, first Second Generation (2G) Ethanol
Plant.
set up by DBT as country’s first dedicated
Centre of Excellence for development of * Emerged as the leading manufacturer
biofuel technologies, developed a novel of green technology based bulk,
2nd generation (2G) ethanol technology specialty and performance chemicals,
which converts any agricultural natural gums, spirits, industrial gases,
lignocellulosic waste into sugars and sugars and nutraceuticals.
ethanol. * Example of successful translation of
• IGL collaborated with the DBT-ICT Centre academic research into a commercially
viable technology.
and launched an initiative for setting up
a pilot and then a demo-plant.
• The pilot scale validation of the technology
in 2012 at 1 ton/day scale was followed
by the 10 ton/day demonstration plant
(inaugurated in 2016) as India’s first
Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Plant.
BIRAC’s Support
The pilot and the demo plant received
support from BIRAC’s BIPP scheme.
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