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Traditional polyethylene from sugarcane and ethanol
The recent announcements (2007) by The Dow Chemical Co. [www.plastics.dow.com ] and its Brazilian partner, Crystalsev [www.crystalsev.com.br ], and by Braskem [www.braskem.com.br ] in Brazil, that they can now make traditional polyethylene from the renewable resources of sugarcane and ethanol are exciting new developments in the area of biopolymers. - Read More
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Sugarcane vs corn for ethanol
Sucrose is key ingredient in ethanol mfg, sugarcane contains 99.5% sucrose – more than 30% greater than that of maize—and the sucrose in cane is easier/cheaper to extract. Energy returned on energy invested for ethanol from sugar cane is an 8.0 factor versus only 1.34 for corn. In one year, one hectare of corn produces 1,246 liters of ethanol, but 4,000 liters of ethanol. Cane crops can be harvested twice each year, raising the yield to 8,000 liters of ethanol per hectare.
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Price competitiveness of ethanol from maize and sugarcane
Ethanol derived from maize is competitive with oil at $80 per barrel, while ethanol from sugar cane, which is far cheaper to produce, is competitive with oil at just $30 per barrel. - Read More
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Ceres, a proponent of grasses
Ceres, based in Thousand Oaks, CA is a leading proponent of grasses for biofuels. The species it has chosen to examine - switchgrass, miscanthus, sugarcane and sorghum - are so-called C-4 grasses. These are the favs of the biofuels industry because they share an efficient form of photosynthesis that enables them to grow fast
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