Japan develops cost-competitive way to make ethanol from farm waste

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd said on Thursday it has developed technology to produce fuel for cars from farm waste at a cost that is competitive with imported ethanol made from food products, such as sugar cane.

Replacing fossil fuels with bio ethanol to make fuel for autos can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂), which contributes to global warming, but the cost of production and competition with food supplies tempers its appeal.

… Full text: www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/30/us-japan-kawasaki-ethanol-idUSBRE94T0FO20130530

Tags: five-year study, oil companies, biomass, non-food products, greenhouse gas emitters, commercial production

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Reuters, 2013-05-30.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

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