Coskata considers Oz ethanol plant
Chicago, US-based biofuel group Coskata is searching for a partner to set up a multi-million-dollar ethanol conversion plant in Victoria, Australia, capable of producing up to 200 million litres of the fuel a year for use in cars.
The company is looking for sources of waste material in Australia that it could feed into the process. This includes food and garden scraps gathered from household waste collections, wheat and barley straw, plastics, worn-out tyres, building scraps and bark and offcuts from managed forest plantations.
Coskata also claims that its ethanol will cost less than AUD$0.40 (€0.20) a litre to produce, making it much cheaper than petrol.
Car manufacturer Holden will start selling flex-fuel cars that can run on any combination of ethanol and petrol up to E85 to help the country reduce its dependence on oil from 2010. It will also launch a hybrid car.
Holden's parent company, US car giant General Motors, is a major investor in Coskata.
Only two flex-fuel cars are currently sold in Australia: the Saab 9-3 and 9-5 Biopower models.
Owners wanting to run their cars on E85 must travel to a single petrol station in Hoppers Crossing, 18 miles west of Melbourne, Victoria, to refuel.
The company is looking for sources of waste material in Australia that it could feed into the process. This includes food and garden scraps gathered from household waste collections, wheat and barley straw, plastics, worn-out tyres, building scraps and bark and offcuts from managed forest plantations.
Coskata also claims that its ethanol will cost less than AUD$0.40 (€0.20) a litre to produce, making it much cheaper than petrol.
Car manufacturer Holden will start selling flex-fuel cars that can run on any combination of ethanol and petrol up to E85 to help the country reduce its dependence on oil from 2010. It will also launch a hybrid car.
Holden's parent company, US car giant General Motors, is a major investor in Coskata.
Only two flex-fuel cars are currently sold in Australia: the Saab 9-3 and 9-5 Biopower models.
Owners wanting to run their cars on E85 must travel to a single petrol station in Hoppers Crossing, 18 miles west of Melbourne, Victoria, to refuel.
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