US pitches maize for India’s E85, SAF ethanol push
The US grain industry argued that corn should be judged on its life cycle carbon emissions rather than simply as imported genetically modified grain.
The US grain industry is making a fresh push to get American maize into India’s expanding ethanol economy, with a focus on life cycle carbon emissions rather than simply as imported genetically modified grain. This pitch was made at a US-India biofuels summit in New Delhi, where the US Grains & BioProducts Council and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum discussed higher ethanol blending, sustainable aviation fuel, and new uses for ethanol.
The US side is exploring several routes into the Indian market, including higher ethanol blends, sustainable aviation fuel, and cooking ethanol. The broad pitch is to continue using Indian feedstock for the existing E20 programme while examining whether US maize could be used for higher blends such as E85, particularly for flex-fuel vehicles.
The argument is that India should compare the carbon intensity of different feedstocks rather than reject imported maize solely because it is US-origin or genetically modified.
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