China has created the world's first coal to ethanol production line, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences . Developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the academy's Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum in Liaoning province , the production line began operating in 2020 , and can produce over 100,000 metric tons of pure ethanol per annum, according to Liu Zhongmin , the institute's deputy director. Liaoning province intends to use the same technology in a factory that will produce 1 million tons of ethanol per annum by 2020 .
China has created the world's first coal to ethanol production line, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Developed by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum and the academy's Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in Liaoning province, the production line began operating in January, and can produce over 100,000 metric tons of pure ethanol per annum, according to Liu Zhongmin, the institute's deputy director. China intends to use the same technology in a factory that will produce 1 million tons of ethanol per annum by 2020.