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Virgin invests in renewable bio-fuel

Washington, USA - It will be used on the Group's airplanes and trains

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, will invest USD 400m in bio-fuel production for air and train fleet. In particular, it is grain alcohol (ethyl alcohol) obtained through a fermentation process of several agricultural products containing carbohydrates and sugars, as cereals (corn, sorghum, wheat, barley), sugar cultures (beet and sugar kane), fruits, potato and rapes. In energetic...

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Rome, Italy, 04/04/2006 14:14
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