Fuel ethanol, as a clean energy source, is internationally recognized as a new type of energy that reduces environmental pollution and replaces petroleum fuels. At present, the world has dozens of countries to implement fuel ethanol, the United States, Brazil, China ranked the top three in the world.

According to the data, the global fuel ethanol production in 2016 is about 75 million tons. The annual production of fuel ethanol in the United States and Brazil reached 44.22 million tons and 21.88 million tons respectively, ranking the world’s top two, accounting for more than 80% of the world’s total. In 2016, China’s fuel ethanol production was 2.6 million tons, with a total of about 26 million tons of ethanol gasoline (10% ethanol mixed gasoline), compared with 20% of the total gasoline consumption in the year. China’s fuel ethanol development compared with the United States, the gap is huge.

Fuel ethanol is a typical policy-driven industry. The United States and Brazil through policy support transition, and finally embarked on the road of market, China’s future development provides a good reference.

—- US experience: for the development of bio-fuel ethanol legislation and give subsidies, with regulatory and technological innovation.

Preferred is legislation. In 1978, the United States promulgated the “Energy Tax Act” to reduce the personal income tax of fuel ethanol users, open the application market. In 1980, the enactment of the bill from Brazil imported ethanol levy high tariffs to protect their industries. In 2004, financial subsidies were provided directly to fuel ethanol vendors.

Followed by strict supervision. Government departments strictly implement the relevant laws and regulations and policies, including manufacturers, gas stations, corn growers, including enterprises and stakeholders to monitor.

Once again to support technological innovation. Development of Cellulose Fuel Ethanol. Driven by demand, in order to protect the supply, the United States to develop policies to develop cellulose fuel ethanol, and by the government to give financial support.

Rely on policy support and technological innovation, the United States has become the world’s leading producer of fuel ethanol industry.

- Brazil experience: through the early “National Alcohol Project”, the transition to the later market.

Brazil in the early launch of the “National Alcohol Project”. The program is led by Brazilian government departments and national oil companies, including price means, total planning, tax incentives, government subsidies, matching standards and other policies, the fuel ethanol industry for strong intervention and control. The implementation of the plan laid the foundation for the Brazilian fuel ethanol industry.

Late policy exit, to market. Since the new century, Brazil has gradually reduced its policy intensity, relaxed price limits, and handed over to market pricing. At the same time, the Brazilian government is actively promoting flexible fuel vehicles, consumers can be based on gasoline prices and fuel ethanol prices compared to the flexible choice of fuel, thereby promoting the use of fuel ethanol.

Through the pre-national planning and post-market, Brazil fuel ethanol also achieved a healthy and sustainable development.

In 2016, China’s dependence on crude oil has been more than 60%. Moderate development of fuel ethanol is a strategic option for energy security and the environment. Asian chemical consulting that China should learn from the successful development of foreign fuel ethanol industry experience, combined with their own resource endowments and technical reality, the development of Chinese characteristics of the fuel ethanol industry.

Through the coal (syngas) or coke oven gas as raw material to produce ethanol, Celanese (Celanese), Langze (LanzaTech), Inge (Inoes), Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemistry, in the dissolved technology and other enterprises and institutions have made technological breakthroughs Or commercialized. Compared with the traditional food law of ethanol, coal (syngas) ethanol has a significant cost advantage. Is expected to become a modern coal chemical industry demonstration of the new direction.