エタノール相場の乱高下は設備投資にも当然影響を及ぼしています。
また止めるところがでてきました。やはり補助金漬けの宿命なのでせう。
Ethanol company Xethanol Corp said it has received a grant to make cellulosic ethanol
from orange waste in Florida, after indicating earlier it would scrap two other U.S.
cellulosic plants. New York-based Xethanol said in financial statements it plans to sell its
Augusta, Georgia, and Spring Hope, North Carolina, facilities, where the company had
planned to make next-generation cellulosic ethanol. These are the latest project
cancelations in an ethanol industry facing rising construction costs and gyrating profit
margins that hit lows in October. At least five companies have cancelled or delayed plans
for ethanol plants since late last year.