The Spanish state of Valencia has decided to start fueling its cars with orange juice. Well, not exactly, but a plan has been put in place to convert the millions of tonnes of waste orange peel into bio-fuel. E85 bio-ethanol can be distilled from the leftover peel that results from Valencia's massive orange and citrus fruit juice industry.
The Valencian government reckons that around 20-million litres of fuel could be made each year from the leftover peel and pulp, and that amount could easily increase as more juicing plants are opened. It takes about 1 tonne of peel and pulp to make 80-litres of E85.
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