China considers ethanol to supplant oil, coal

China is considering a change in energy policy to encourage the wider use of ethanol in a bid to allievate the nation’s worsening air pollution, the website of Financial Times reported on Monday.

The Chinese government policymakers may set a target by the end of this year for the share of ethanol in the nation’s energy mix, Fabrizio Zichichi, head of ethanol at Noble Group, one of the world’s largest commodities traders, was qouted as saying by the report.

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