ENERGY II: Renewable energy: what about the ethanol industry?*

The ambitious target to generate 20 per cent of Australia’s domestic electricity from renewable energy by 2020 raises the question as to why the renewable fuel industry, and particularly ethanol, is not being treated in the same way.The technology already exists for the extraction of ethanol from sugar cane; but like the renewable electricity industry, it will not take off unless business is given an incentive to invest.While the Rudd Government talks about a “renewable energy target” of 20 per …

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