{"id":17180,"date":"2017-09-13T13:45:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T12:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=17180"},"modified":"2017-09-13T14:15:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:15:56","slug":"china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration ( NEA ) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan was unveiled as the country is pushing the use of biofuel, which is renewable, applicable, tech-savvy and environmental-friendly. It is an ideal alternative to fossil fuel,\u201d a senior NEA official said.<\/p>\n

Ethanol fuel, known as E10, contains 10 per cent of ethanol.<\/p>\n

It is commonly used worldwide since it is believed to cut carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions and help ease the energy supply bottleneck.<\/p>\n

More than 40 countries and regions consume about 600 million tonnes of ethanol fuel every year, accounting for around 60 per cent of the world\u2019s annual gasoline use.<\/p>\n

China is the world\u2019s third-largest bioethanol producer and uses nearly 2.6 million tonnes a year.<\/p>\n

Gasoline blended with ethanol accounts for one-fifth of its annual gasoline consumption.<\/p>\n

According to the plan, China aims to build an advanced liquid biofuel system and put into operation a demonstration facility that will be able to produce 50,000 tonnes of cellulosic ethanol per annum by 2020.<\/p>\n

China launched corn-to-ethanol pilot programmes in 2004 as part of efforts to cut emissions and advance new energy.<\/p>

\r\n
Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

China banned the use of grain for ethanol production in 2007 to ensure sufficient food supply, and biofuel manufacturers have since turned to sweet potatoes, sorghum and straw stalks instead.<\/p>\n

The country later lifted the ban in 11 provinces including Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces in the northeast, Henan and Hebei provinces in the north, Anhui, Shandong.<\/p>\n

It lifted the ban also in Jiangsu provinces in the east, the central province of Hubei, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the southwest.<\/p>\n

Guangxi is the first Chinese locality to commercially produce ethanol with cassava instead of grain.<\/p>\n

The latest plan is also part of the effort to ease oversupply of aging corn.<\/p>\n

The plan echoes the country\u2019s decision to consider a timetable to phase out production and sales of fossil fuel cars to cut emissions, reduce pollution and save fossil fuel energy.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration ( NEA ) said on Wednesday. \u201cThe plan was unveiled as the country is pushing the use of biofuel, which is renewable, applicable, tech-savvy and environmental-friendly. It is an ideal alternative to fossil fuel,\u201d a senior …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[2701,2702,2700],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-17180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","tag-bioethanol","tag-ethanol-fuel","tag-president-xi-jinping"],"yoast_head":"\nChina plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020 - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020 - National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-13T12:45:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-13T13:15:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/th.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"314\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friday Ekeoba\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\",\"name\":\"National Wire\",\"description\":\"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/th.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/th.jpg\",\"width\":314,\"height\":179,\"caption\":\"Chinese President Xi Jinping\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/\",\"name\":\"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020 - National Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-13T12:45:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-13T13:15:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\"},\"description\":\"China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\",\"name\":\"Friday Ekeoba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020 - National Wire","description":"China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020 - National Wire","og_description":"China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/","og_site_name":"National Wire","article_published_time":"2017-09-13T12:45:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-13T13:15:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":314,"height":179,"url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/th.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Friday Ekeoba","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/","name":"National Wire","description":"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/th.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/th.jpg","width":314,"height":179,"caption":"Chinese President Xi Jinping"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/","name":"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020 - National Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-09-13T12:45:33+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-13T13:15:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927"},"description":"China plans to use bioethanol gasoline nationwide by 2020","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/china-plans-nationwide-use-bioethanol-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China plans nationwide use of bioethanol by 2020"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927","name":"Friday Ekeoba","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17183,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17180\/revisions\/17183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17180"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}