“Cassava gasoline” is expected to ease energy tension in Jiangxi

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Recently, the China International Engineering Consulting Company expert group received* * The National Development and Reform Commission commissioned a formal assessment of Jiangxi's plan to develop fuel ethanol. Experts believe that the basic conditions for developing non-grain raw material fuel ethanol projects in potato crops in Jiangxi are good, and the project application process should be started in phases as soon as possible. The person in charge of the relevant departments of Jiangxi Province said that this is the prelude to the official launch of the fuel ethanol project in Jiangxi. It is expected to officially start closed operation in 2009. By then, Jiangxi will plant "green oil fields" through barren hills and slopes to produce "cassava gasoline" to alleviate the energy shortage. 　　The current energy situation is tight and there is an urgent need for ethanol gasoline. Recently, a reporter saw on the Changjiu Section of the Fuyin Expressway that trucks waiting to refuel were lined up for several kilometers at the entrance of the gas station. Energy stress is getting closer and closer to our lives. 　　“We thought this would happen a few years ago, but we didn't expect it to happen so quickly. ”Huang Zhongyang, the person in charge of Yufan Alcohol Co., Ltd., said that energy shortage is a trend, which is also the driving force for the company to plan a fuel ethanol project three years ago. 　　Jiangxi Province * * Relevant sources said that the province's gasoline consumption last year was about 1.1 million tons. If fuel ethanol is blended in at a rate of 10%, the supply of pure gasoline can be reduced by 110,000 tons. Guo Yang, from the Industrial Department of the Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said that the current consumption of ethanol gasoline in the nine pilot cities in Hubei Province is 1.2 million tons. Mixing fuel ethanol at a rate of 10% will reduce the supply of pure gasoline by 120,000 tons. 　　Planting cassava as a way out to solve fuel crisis Jiangxi will plant "oil fields" through wasteland. In recent days, transport trucks have been delivering cassava to the Yufan Company compound in the Dongxiang County Industrial Park from time to time. Local farmer Hu Fangrong is overjoyed. This year, 5 acres of wasteland at his home were reclaimed and planted with cassava. The harvest of nearly 10 tons of cassava can bring him more than 4,000 yuan in income. Next year, Hu Fangrong plans to plant cassava on several acres of other barren hills at home, because "this thing can be turned into gasoline and added to the car." 　　Huang Zhongyang told reporters that using cassava as a raw material for non-grain fuel ethanol is actually used in many countries such as Brazil and Vietnam. * * Already started. The principle is to crush cassava, and after saccharification, distillation, dehydration, denaturation (adding a small amount of gasoline) and other processes, it becomes ethanol. It is then sent to the mixing center of the petrochemical company, mixed with pure gasoline at a ratio of 10%, and then added to the car through the gas station. 　　Processing 1 ton of fuel ethanol requires seven to eight tons of fresh cassava, so the demand for cassava is very high. The biggest concern of the China International Engineering Consulting Company expert team that came to Gansu for evaluation last month was the situation of cassava cultivation. After the on-site inspection, they were relieved. Dongxiang County began to promote cassava cultivation in 2002, and has now grown to a planting area of ​​56,000 acres. The planting scope has also expanded to more than 10 counties in the surrounding four cities, including Dongxiang, Yingtan, Nanchang, Shangrao, and Fuzhou. 　　Jiangxi related * * Department sources told reporters that according to surveys, there are more than 2 million acres of barren hills and slopes in the province that are suitable for growing cassava. The launch of the fuel ethanol project will not only alleviate energy shortages, but also be an important channel for farmers to increase their income. 　　Anticipating the promotion of ethanol gasoline in 2009 “We have been working with * * Relevant ministries and commissions will communicate and the project will be formally approved early next year. ”Related to Jiangxi Province * * Sources said that the province is expected to start a closed operation of ethanol gasoline in the next year. At present, preliminary work on promoting ethanol gasoline has begun. 　　“We are ready for everything now, we just need to wait * * approve. ”Huang Zhongyang said that basic work is currently in progress, and 28 million yuan has been invested in preliminary work such as project design, land acquisition, and cassava base construction. A cooperation agreement has been signed with Sinopec Jiangxi Branch, and project construction funds have also been secured. 　　According to the assessment of the expert group, Jiangxi Province will need about 150,000 tons of fuel ethanol in 2010. Not surprisingly, Jiangxi Province will start a closed promotion of ethanol gasoline in the province in 2009. By then, all vehicle gasoline in the province will be added with 10% fuel ethanol.