The world is chasing not only towards clean energy, but also cost-effective ethanol production. Queensland University of Technology and Farmacule BioIndustries have developed new sugarcane plants to produce cost-effective ethanol from it!
The approach used the Farmacule’s INPACT technology to modify sugarcane plants. It enables to convert cellulose into fermentable sugars after crushing efficiently. In simpler words, sugar is derived from cellulose, which in turn is used to produce ethanol (cellulosic ethanol). While on the other hand, the sucrose derived from sugarcane remains untouched. Hence, it is available for the consumer sugar market as well.
Via: Green Car Congress
