The American Coalition for Ethanol Chief Marketing Officer Ron Lamberty joined the U.S. Grains Council on the India Auto Expo final week, Asia’s largest automotive present, to advertise ethanol implementation throughout the nation. Lamberty was additionally invited to discuss the U.S.’s expertise and use of ethanol in the course of the first version of the co-located International Symposium for Thriving Eco-Energy in Mobility (STEM) occasion in a session about how biofuels are a boon for the Indian sustainability roadmap.

“India has an air quality emergency and is following the science which shows the best and fastest way to improve air quality is to add more ethanol,” Lamberty stated. “They’ve gone from almost zero ethanol to 10 percent in only a few years and have a goal of 20 percent nationwide by 2025.”

“In my remarks I said I was a little bit jealous to see the Indian government, the auto manufacturers, and the oil industry all supporting the 20 percent standard,” Lamberty added. “They all agree because something has to be done now, and unlike in the U.S., where ethanol has been reducing smog and pollution for decades, India doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring what works while hoping another platform can provide relief sometime in the distant future.”

Lamberty thanked the USGC for inviting ACE to sponsor and participate within the occasion and praised their efforts to advertise ethanol on the Auto Expo. “The USGC staff put together a massive, attention-grabbing trade show display space that attracted a lot of people, and provided information about how ethanol is made, how it gets to stations, the equipment used to sell it, and even an FFV converted by eFlexFuel,” he stated. “I enjoyed working with the Grains Council staff and interns, our friends at the Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, and some corn grower groups, as well as meeting people the Grains Council is working with in India and providing information for others who wanted to learn more about ethanol.”

India just lately achieved an ethanol gasoline mixing goal of 10 p.c forward of schedule, a milestone on its method to reaching E20 by 2025. As the Government of India pushes to achieve its E20 goal, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has been tasked with main the promotion and eventual implementation of the ethanol mix mandate, in addition to transitioning their fleet to FFVs. To obtain these objectives, SIAM has partnered with the USGC. Part of this partnership has resulted in a big, bodily presence on the Auto Expo through the Ethanol Pavilion, which is featured on the occasion to showcase the environmental, financial, and technological advantages of ethanol for the nation.

Previously, Lamberty has joined the USGC at several retailer workshops in Mexico to coach entrepreneurs about including ethanol blends in that market and co-led a tour in 2019 with the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association together with the USGC for key Mexican retail and provider teams to see how ethanol blends have been efficiently and profitably included throughout Iowa.