High sugar prices puts the skids on China sugarcane ethanol plans

A Chinese sugar expert predicted that Guangxi Province is not likely to see sugarcane-ethanol projects developing due to the high price of sugar.

China has announced increased support of jatropha biodiesel cultivation, which as a non-edible plant is less subject to food-demand price swings. Recently, China announced that it would scale back on biofuel development that used food-stocks as feedstock, although the high energy output of sugarcane may prove tempting to proceed with some sugar cane related biofuel development.

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