A MULTIMILLION-pound scheme that could one day see cars running on fuel taken from straw has been unveiled by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The UK funding agency for biosciences announced that ?27m would be invested in research to create biofuels from natural products such as willow and straw. The announcement will be seen as a huge breakthrough for the renewable energy industry as these new second generation biofuels are far more efficient than first generation fuels derived from crops such as maize.
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