Nepal moves to set ethanol standards ahead of petrol blending rollout

Quality rules propose 99.5 percent purity for ethanol used in petrol, as Nepal prepares to blend up to 10 percent biofuel to reduce fuel imports and promote domestic production.

Nepal has moved closer to introducing ethanol-blended petrol, with the Nepal Bureau of Standards & Metrology releasing a draft standard for ethanol to be mixed with motor gasoline.