Details of Kenya s Plan to Power Cars With Sugarcane Extracts
A petrol station attendant pumping fuel into a car.
A quarter of a century has passed since Kenya launched into one of the most ambitious energy project in its history: the production and use of a substance called gasohol that can power vehicles.
The process of creating ethanol involves the growing of sugar cane, extracting molasses from it, and using it to make a high energy combustible spirit called ethanol.
The ethanol is then mixed with petrol to produce gasohol which is then used to power petrol-engine cars. For several years, Kenya has been experimenting with a home-grown fuel product that has replaced a small percentage of its oil imports.