Benefits of bioethanol
- verbioethanol reduces CO2 emissions compared to petrol by 80%
- verbioethanol is largely produced from regionally grown rye which would not be suitable for food and animal feed production
- Rye is cultivated on poor-quality soil in north-eastern Germany and western Poland which is unprofitable for the food industry
- Processing the whole rye plant (ethanol is produced from the grain while biomethane and organic fertilizer are made from the distillery slop and straw) increases the energy yield per hectare of farmland by 50%
- verbioethanol reduces dependence on fossil fuels