Rusni to set up ethanol plant in Nellore

Hyderabad: Rusni Distilleries has signed a pact with Prithvi Bio-Projects to set up a multi-feedstock ethanol plant in Nellore.

Rusni runs a sweet sorghum-based ethanol plant in association with ICRISAT at Mohammed Shapur village in Medak district. Mr A.R. Palaniswamy, Managing Director of Rusni, would provide technical know-how and project consultancy to set up the 100-kilolitre-a-day plant.

The plant would have a catchment area of 20,000 acres. It would be operational by the end of 2009.