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Chemicals giant INEOS has been awarded a £7.3m grant for the construction of Europe’s first plant for producing bioethanol and electricity from household waste.

The UK has set up a £27 million Sustainable Bioenergy Centre to carry out research to underpin and develop the sustainable bioenergy sector.

The UK biofuels start-up D1 Oils says it has produced the first crude oil from its jatropha plantations, showing the value of the plant as a biofuel crop.