Tianjin to Use Gasoline with Ethanol in Most Vehicles

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Tianjin will use gasoline with added ethanol in most vehicles by the end of September, according to a document published on the city government's website on Monday, as Beijing pushes for adoption of the biofuel nationwide.

The central government said last year that it plans to roll out the use of gasoline blended with 10% added ethanol nationally by 2020, to cut corn stocks and clean up choking smog.

The move by Tianjin was the first official plan by a provincial government to implement the national policy since it was announced.

Tianjin is expected to use 260,000 tonnes of fuel ethanol each year if that goal is realized, the city government said.

That would mean consumption of 780,000 tonnes of corn, as 3 tonnes of corn would be used to make 1 tonne of ethanol.

China is currently sitting on huge stocks of corn estimated to be at about 200 million tonnes, following a now discontinued government stockpiling scheme to support farmers.

China currently produces less than 2.5 million tonnes of ethanol a year, but the new policy could increase demand to 15 million tonnes a year by 2020.

Domestic producers were ramping up output, on cheaper corn and government subsidies, hoping to get a share in the potentially booming market.

天津10月起全面换用乙醇汽油

近日，天津市政府办公厅印发《天津市推广使用车用乙醇汽油实施方案》，自2018年10月起，除军队特需、国家和特种储备、工业生产用油外，全市区域内基本实现车用乙醇汽油替代普通汽油。

去年9月，国家发改委、国家能源局等十五部门联合印发《关于扩大生物燃料乙醇生产和推广使用车用乙醇汽油的实施方案》。为何要推广使用乙醇汽油？该《方案》正文中的解释是，扩大生物燃料乙醇生产和推广使用车用乙醇汽油，要在保障国家粮食安全基础上，立足国内供应，科学有序推进生物燃料乙醇生产和车用乙醇汽油推广使用，着力处理超期超标粮食，增强粮食市场调控能力和提升质量安全水平；着力提高农林废弃物资源综合利用技术水平，推动先进生物能源产业发展；着力落实东北振兴战略部署，建设生物燃料乙醇产业基地，为促进我国替代化石能源、减排温室气体、培育农业农村发展新动能做出新贡献。

此外，推广使用车用乙醇汽油，符合国家建设清洁低碳、安全高效现代能源体系的要求，可以减少机动车尾气中的颗粒物、一氧化碳等有害物质排放，是改善生态环境、防治大气污染的重要措施。

按照国家统一部署，京津冀及周边、长三角、珠三角等大气污染防治重点区域2018年开始推广，2019年实现全覆盖。据了解，天津市在营加油站874座，汽油年销量总量约254万吨。按乙醇添加标准测算，每年需燃料乙醇约26万吨。

什么是乙醇汽油

乙醇汽油是一种由粮食及各种植物纤维加工成的燃料乙醇和普通汽油按一定比例混配形成的新型替代能源。按照我国的国家标准，乙醇汽油是用90%的普通汽油与10%的燃料乙醇调和而成。

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