The demonstration of E10 (10% ethanol and 90% petrol) started in Nanyang City in June, 2002. In October, 2003, all petrol stations in whole Nanyang city completed the shift from supplying petrol into only supplying E10. Now all the petrol vehicles in Nanyang City are using E10.
Nanyang is located in the southwest of the Henan province in China. It has 10.65 million inhabitants in the total region. The City of Nanyang is promoting the use of E10 and is one of the first cities in Asia where E10 is being demonstrated. The demonstration of E10 (10% ethanol and 90% petrol) started in Nanyang City in June, 2002. In October, 2003, all petrol stations in whole Nanyang city completed the shift from supplying petrol into only supplying E10. Now the same shift has been finished in whole Henan province, which is the biggest province in terms of its population in China (about 100 million inhabitants).
Totally only four plants were approved by China central government to produce denatured fuel ethanol. One of them is located in Nanyang city, producing bioethanol from wheat. Its yield capacity is now 500,000 tons of ethanol fuel. Nanyang ethanol Co. Ltd itself has a large truck fleet and the blending of ethanol and diesel has been tested in its truck fleet for more than two years. There are approximately 65 000 petrol cars and buses and 200 000 motorcycles in Nanyang. All of them are currently using E10.