Tequila! Aussie researchers trial agave tequilina-to-ethanol feedstock trial as off-season counterpart to sugarcane

In Australia, Ausagave announced that it is working on a partnership with Central Queensland University and two cane growers on agave tequilana trials as a feedstock for ethanol. Agave tequilana is better known as the feedstock for tequila. The trials are testing the potential to provide feedstocks for ethanol during the six-month sugar cane off-season.

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