Thai Demand for Ethanol-Mixed Gasoline Rising Fast

Ethanol-mixed gasoline now accounts for a quarter of premium gasoline consumption in Thailand, two years after its commercial launch, Energy Minister Viset Choopiban said on Friday.

Viset told a seminar on renewable energy the biofuel, also known as gasohol, was now selling 1.4 million litres a day, a five-fold increase from January.

“We are on target to reach 4 million litres a day by the end of this year,” Viset said, without giving figures for overall gasoline sales.
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