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Queensland growers benefit from ethanol mandates
23 Sep 2008
One biofuel plant in NSW has been closed and plans to build more have been delayed *or* abandoned. The NSW government said it would not proceed with plans to introduce a mandated level of ethanol in petrol sold at retail service stations in NSW. Biodiesel industry lobbyists say without a mandated level the industry is not economically viable. Queensland will proceed with increasing the mandated level of ethanol in petrol to 5 per cent by 2010. That will account for almost a quarter of the state''s grain crop and $81 million in federal government subsidies.
The Australian, 23/09/2008
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