The Victorian State Government in Australia is working with a consortium of companies – including Holden, Caltex, Veolia, Mitsui and Coskata – to research the possibility of establishing a plant which produces more than 200 million litres of ethanol from household and construction waste.
The ethanol will be blended with petrol to form E85 fuel.
Holden Energy and Environment Director, Richard Marshall, said the organizations within the consortium were ‘committed to sustainable motoring through the development of renewable fuels that reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improved energy security.
‘Our vision is that this technology will, in time, cut Australia's dependence on petrol by up to 30 per cent and make a major contribution to sustainable motoring and greenhouse gas reduction,’ he said.
