National Policy on Biofuels, 2018 (India)

The Policy aims to increase usage of biofuels in the energy and transportation sectors of the country during the coming decade. The Policy aims to utilize, develop and promote domestic feedstock and its utilization for production of biofuels thereby increasingly substitute fossil fuels while contributing to national energy security and climate change mitigation, apart from creating new employment opportunities in a sustainable way. Simultaneously, the policy will also encourage the application of advanced technologies for generation of biofuels. 

The goal of the Policy is to enable availability of biofuels in the market thereby increasing its blending percentage. Currently, the ethanol blending percentage in petrol is around 2% and biodiesel blending percentage in diesel is less than 0.1%. An indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol and 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel is proposed by 2030. This goal is to be achieved by:

• Reinforcing ongoing ethanol/biodiesel supplies through increasing domestic production
• Setting up Second Generation (2G) bio refineries
• Development of new feedstock for biofuels
• Development of new technologies for conversion to biofuels
• Creating suitable environment for biofuels and its integration with the main fuels