World’s first gas station to use eco-friendly ethanol is in Ottawa

Royal Dutch Shell has started selling a blend of gasoline and 10% cellulosic ethanol at a gas station for the first time in Ottawa or even in the world. The oil company and Ottawa-based Iogen Energy Corp. are partners in a plant that produces 40,000 litres a month of cellulosic ethanol from the non-food portions of plants. Unlike other [...]