BP AND DUPONT PLAN BIOBUTANOL'

摘要

Bp,EUROPE'S BIGGEST OIL company,is joining forces with chemical giant DuPont to develop,produce,and market a new generation of biofuels for the renewable fuels sector.The companies plan to bring their first product,1-butanol- which they call biobutanol-to market in the U.K.in 2007 as a gasoline component.BP and DuPont are working with British Sugar to convert the U.K.'s first ethanol fermentation facility,which uses sugar beets,to produce 9 million gal of butanol annually.