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General Motors holds sustainable biofuels workshop in Beijing |
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Yazar Sam Abuelsamid
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19 11 2008 |
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Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, GM, China  China is already the third largest producer of ethanol in the world behind Brazil and the US. However, General Motors wants to make the industry sustainable just as it is trying to do here in the U.S. with its investments in Coskata and Mascoma. To that end, the company held a workshop on sustainable non-food biofuels for media in Beijing China this week. GM is working with the China Automotive Energy Research Center to support the development of sustainable biofuels policies in China.
David S. Chen, vice president of GM China Group told the workshop that land that might not be suitable for growing food crops could be used to produce other biomass that could be turned into biofuels. China"s comparatively young automotive economy means that its energy infrastructure still has room to evolve in different directions than western countries. For the same reason that hydrogen fueling could potentially happen in China before other places, so to could biofuel production and distribution. The GM press release is after the jump.
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