The project will also identify the best locations to build plants to process the crops for ethanol production. García stresses that the point of the project is not to use native forests, but to find native plants that can be cultivated on degraded lands, which Mexico has in abundance.
Pemex will hold tender to boost market
Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex, will hold a tender for an annual 176 million litres of ethanol to blend with gasoline, says the secretary of energy, Georgina Kessel.
10 September 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 10:11 GMT
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