What exactly is bioethanol, and what are biofuels?
A. A. Biofuels are liquid fuels made from plant materials. They can be used in transport fuel instead of conventional fossil fuels. Because the plants they are made from are renewable and absorb carbon dioxide as they grow biofuels make a contribution to cutting carbon emissions. Ensus makes bioethanol from wheat grown in the UK and the EU. Bioethanol is an alcohol, produced in a similar way to those used in spirits. It requires crops such as wheat, maize, sugar beet, and sugar cane that contain starch or sugar which can be converted into alcohol. It is blended with petrol to meet the new government requirement (the RTFO) that all transport fuel should include at least 2.5 percent of biofuels. It differs from Biodiesel which is made from crops that produce oils such as oilseed rape, palm, and soya. This is generally blended with diesel to be sold at the pump.
