Alcohol Technology & Biofuels - Statistics

Sr Particulars Financial year (Apr/Mar)
2016-2017 2017-2018
1 Production Capacity (Million litres/ 300days) Considering all distilleries. 954.00 972.00
2 Number of distilleries reported performance 50 52
3 Average net working days 136.00 148.00
4 Molasses consumed (million tons) 1.230 1.405
5 Alcohol produced (million litres) 335.09 383.35
6 Average Fermentation Efficiency (%) 89.75 89.90
7 Average Distillation Efficiency (%) 98.63 98.51
8 Recovery of Alcohol (litres/ ton of molasses) 272.27 272.78
9 Capacity utilization (%) 54.22 53.47