Honda Builds New Facility for R&D of Bio Ethanol Technology
Honda has announced its intention to establish a research and development facility in the Chiba prefecture of Japan that will enable the company to work towards establishing practical used of bio-ethanol fuels and the production technology of non-edible cellulostic material such as plant leaves and stems.
The planned facility will be build at Kausa Akademia Park in Chiba in a 1000+ square meter building and a 5000 square meter testing facility. Construction is scheduled to begin in April of this year with a planned completion date of November 2009.
Honda began its research on bio-ethanol fuels, in collaboration with the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth in 2006. The new plant will be required for large-scale testing and experimentation of the data and research already conducted.