Japanese government picks ethanol-producing pilot project under new initiative

摘要

Tokyo-The Japanese government has approved the first biofuel pilot project to receive support under a new initiative to expand domestic biofuel output to 3.6 million kiloliters/year (62,036 b/d) of crude oil equivalent by 2030, a government official said December 11. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has picked a pilot project run by the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, which will produce 1,000 kl/year of ethanol from unused rice paddies in Niigata, northwestern Japan, the official said.