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New technologies in bioethanol production

by Rebecca Nesbit

In the race to achieve fuel security and to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, the US has rapidly increased the volume of bioethanol it produces, from 6.2 billion litres/year in 2000 to 50 billion in 2010. Ethanol has the advantage that it can be mixed with petrol so [...]