China ethanol production will reach 10M tons by 2020: report

In China, ethanol production could reach up to 10 million metric tons in 2020 according to the Institute of Food Science of COFCO, China’s largest food manufacturer and ethanol producer. Second generation ethanol produced from corn straw could replace up to 31 million tons of gasoline, representing a 10 percent decrease of crude oil imports for China.  COFCO is currently developing a second-generation ethanol project, in partnership with Novozymes, which should be ready for commercial production in the next 3-5 years.

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