Malaysian company to produce ethanol from Nypa fruticans

The secret of nipah is its incredibly high sugar-rich sap yield, as it has been observed by several researchers. Fermented into ethanol, the palm’s large amount of sap allows for the production of 15,000 to 20,000 liters of the biofuel per hectare (compare with sugarcane at 5000-8000 liters, or corn, at 2000 liters). And it does so on a continuous basis, year round, for up to 50 years.

… “If we were able to produce ethanol from 110,000ha of nipah, it would be enough to satisfy the world