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Japan Eyes Affordable Cellulosic Ethanol Technology
By Mr Ethanol | November 22, 2007
Reuters UK:
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday it aimed to introduce new, cost-efficient technology for producing cellulosic ethanol by 2015 to help reduce gasoline demand in the world’s third-biggest oil consumer.
METI said one of its main objectives was to cut the cost of producing ethanol from such cellulosic biomass as waste wood and wood chips to 100 yen (91 cents) per liter ($3.45 per gallon) from more than 2,000 yen now.
Another objective is to develop further-reaching technology that would turn soft cellulose such as silver grass, a common grass in Japan, into ethanol at a cost of 40 yen per liter.
METI’s director of fuel policy planning, Shigeo Naruse, told reporters that the 40 yen target was set after taking into consideration a U.S. plan to cut costs to around 30-40 yen per liter in 2012.
“We aim to study both technologies at the same time,” he said.
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