China creates world's first coal-to-ethanol production line

Created by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum and the academy's Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in Liaoning province, the production line went into operation in January and has the capacity to make more than 100,000 metric tons of pure ethanol every year, according to Liu Zhongmin, the institute's deputy director.
By 2020, China would build a factory capable of producing one million tons of ethanol each year using the same technology, he added.  https://www.geo.tv/latest/134770-China-creates-worlds-first-coal-to-ethanol-production-line
Article courtesy of Geo News