Technology research for the production of energy from sugar cane has been active. This is especially true for countries that are world leader of the sugar industry like Brazil that supplies the world market with more than 30 million tonnes of sugar each year. Cane Sugar that are exported from Brazil are just a part of the total sugar cane crop grown. The other part is used to produce ethanol fuel. There is research and development work on the creation of a commercialize advanced renewable fuel made from sugarcane which includes jet fuel, gasoline, and diesel.

Ethanol fuel could be biologically formulated through sugar fermentation which create hydrocarbons that are the same molecular structure found in traditional petroleum fuels. The renewable fuel could then be used for automotive and jet engines with no performance trade-offs. The resulting fuel from sugar cane is fully compatible with existing fuels and will not have any distribution infrastructure problems. Energy fuel derived form sugar cane offers the advantage of significantly reduced emissions.

In the Philippines, they have this ethanol fuel called as “AlcoGas” which is a concoction of Alcohol and Gas. As petroleum fuel prices increase and global warming impacts becoming important alternative fuels like Ethanol would eventually become a solution to the problem. Not only economically but also environmentally.