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Shell station starts selling E10 in Ottawa using wheat straw ethanol

A Shell station near Ottawa, Canada is leading the way in offering cellulosic ethanol at the pump. While many companies, including some in Canada, are working on making the biofuel, not many have gotten it to the refueling station. Blended at 10 percent with unleaded (E10), the ethanol is made by Iogen, which has a process that uses enzymes to chemically break down wheat straw until the cellulose molecules become ethanol. The most interesting part of this ethanol is that it isn't obtained from feedstock, but from agricultural waste. Both ... Read more →

Wheat being touted in western Canada for ethanol Jeremy Korzeniewski

While the United States and the eastern half of our friendly neighbors up north are using corn as the primary feedstock for ethanol and Brazil has been concentrating on sugar cane, the left-half of ...

Shell station starts selling E10 in Ottawa using wheat straw ethanol 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

A Shell station near Ottawa, Canada is leading the way in offering cellulosic ethanol at the pump. While many companies, including some in Canada, are working on making the biofuel, not many have gotten it to the refueling station. Blended at 10 percent with unleaded (E10), the ethanol is made by ...

Wheat being touted in western Canada for ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While the United States and the eastern half of our friendly neighbors up north are using corn as the primary feedstock for ethanol and Brazil has been concentrating on sugar cane, the left-half of Canada is considering wheat. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association hopes that the creation ...


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