As an ideal gasoline component to replace fossil fuels, the biofuel ethanol industry is finally welcoming a long-lost warm spring. Renewable energy is bound to accelerate the pace of structural adjustment of the overall industrial chain integration and transformation. Up to now, ethanol gasoline consumption has accounted for one-fifth of the national total gasoline consumption in the same period.
According to reports from the authoritative media on August 22, the State Council executive meeting has determined the orderly expansion of the promotion and use of ethanol gasoline for vehicles and introduced a series of policies.
In terms of development tasks, the key areas of air pollution prevention and control in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the surrounding areas, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta began to be promoted in 2018, and full coverage was achieved in 2019. The industry generally believes that the ethanol industry has developed rapidly so far, but it is still weak relative to other energy industries, and the policy is conducive to the expansion of the market.
Fuel ethanol is an important development direction for clean fuels for vehicles. According to public information, ethanol gasoline refers to a new alternative energy source formed by mixing fuel ethanol and ordinary gasoline in a certain proportion. It is mainly composed of carbon and oxygen, which will burn more fully, reduce carbon oxide emissions, and reduce particulate matter formation. Considering the actual situation, coal and syngas fuel ethanol should be the most cost-competitive supplement to biofuel ethanol. According to estimates by relevant authorities, China’s annual production of over-standard and other foods can support a certain scale of biofuel ethanol production.
Qiao Yingbin, former director of the Science and Technology Department of Sinopec, once pointed out that the development of biofuel ethanol is also an important measure to solve the problem of burning agricultural and forestry waste such as straw and improve the quality of the atmospheric environment.On the one hand, since the promotion of ethanol gasoline for vehicles, China has accumulated a total consumption of 15.97 million tons of food for humans and animals. While establishing long-term, stable and controllable processing and conversion channels for bulk agricultural products, it can also improve the country’s food market. On the other hand, with the accelerated implementation of national clean oil products, biofuel ethanol will help reduce pollution emissions, especially carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions from motor vehicle exhaust.