China opens bioenergy research centre
The first bioenergy research centre has been opened in the Chinese city of Nanning, in southern Guangxi Zhuang’s Autonomous Region.
The research centre will be primarily studying the feedstocks of cassava, sugar cane and sweet sorghum to be used as the principle sources for new energy development.
Huang Ribo, director of the research centre announced that further study into bioenergy will help tackle the current energy crisis as well as protect grain security and the ecological environment.
The Guangxi region has a rich reserve of cassava, sugar cane, accounting for more than 65% of the China's total biofuel resources, which amount to 5 billion tonnes.
China's first cassava-for-alcohol fuel project, which has an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes, was started in Beihai city of Guangxi in 2007.
The research centre will be primarily studying the feedstocks of cassava, sugar cane and sweet sorghum to be used as the principle sources for new energy development.
Huang Ribo, director of the research centre announced that further study into bioenergy will help tackle the current energy crisis as well as protect grain security and the ecological environment.
The Guangxi region has a rich reserve of cassava, sugar cane, accounting for more than 65% of the China's total biofuel resources, which amount to 5 billion tonnes.
China's first cassava-for-alcohol fuel project, which has an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes, was started in Beihai city of Guangxi in 2007.
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