http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39511/story.htmHAMBURG - Large-scale production in Germany of green fuels using new generation biomass-to-liquid (BTL) technology is feasible and may fill around 20 percent of national fuel needs, the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.
A study commissioned by Germany's government and published on Thursday concluded that sufficient quantities of the raw materials required were available.
Biofuels are currently largely produced from crops such as rapeseed, maize, soy or palm.
Second generation BTL technology aims to produce biofuels such as biodiesel and gasoline from cheaper sources such as straw, grass, tree leaves, wood chips or low-grade crops.
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