exellant information. But, in India the the current feedstock for ethanol production is molasses which causes lot of pollutiuon . Some portion of waste biomass may be utilized for lignocellulosic ethanol with out loosing soil productivity
Very good information. Yes i too read the Rajagopal article. The main problem of alternate feedstock such as sweet sorghum and jatropha that thery are still in experimental stage and not reached to commercial stage. Iam involved in sweet sorghum biofuel reasearch for last 6 years and developed production practices and germplasm. The urgent need isthat the industry has to come forward to commercialize sweet sorghum which has goo potantila for ethanol production
Very True. Actually Nimbkar Institute in Pune is Involved in research work on sweet sorghum carried out at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) during last twenty-five years. Their work is been summarized in the attachment below. Hope it helps you in your current and future endeavours. Also please visit :