New generation biofuels coming soon

The credentials of biofuels might have been dented by claims that current production methods are inefficient, lead to deforestation and drive up food prices, but a German firm hopes to change all this with new technology. Tom Blades, chief executive of Choren, said his company planned to start the world's first commercial-scale plant to manufacture transport fuels from plants, using second-generation technology, later this year... Whole article "Checkbiotech.org":[ www.checkbiotech.org]

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