Bioethanol | Bioethanol What is bioethanol? ![]() Biofuels are liquid fuels made from plant materials. They can be used in transport fuel instead of conventional fossil fuels. Because the plants they are made from are renewable and absorb carbon dioxide as they grow biofuels make a contribution to cutting carbon emissions. Ensus makes bioethanol from grains such as feed wheat or maize grown in the UK and in Europe. Bioethanol is an alcohol, produced in a similar way to those used in spirits. It requires crops such as wheat, maize, sugar beet, and sugar cane that contain starch or sugar which can be converted into alcohol. It is blended with petrol to meet the new government requirement (the RTFO) that all transport fuel should include at least 4.75% of biofuels by 2013. |
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