An fara aikin man fetur na farko a duniya ta amfani da iskar gas ta masana'antar ferroalloy a hukumance a ranar 28 ga wata a gundumar Pingluo, birnin Shizuishan, Ningxia. Ana sa ran aikin zai samar da tan 45,000 na man fetur ethanol da tan 5,000 na furotin foda a kowace shekara, wanda zai kai darajar fitarwa ta yuan miliyan 330, tare da rage fitar da hayakin carbon dioxide da tan 180,000 a kowace shekara.

Fasahar hada iskar gas mai gurbata muhalli ta masana'antu don samar da man ethanol wani tsari ne da ke tasowa a fannin fasahar kere-kere, wanda zai iya cimma ingantaccen amfani da albarkatun iskar gas mai gurbata muhalli na masana'antu. Wannan fasaha tana da matukar muhimmanci wajen rage fitar da hayakin carbon, maye gurbin makamashin burbushin halittu, tabbatar da tsaron makamashin kasa da abinci, da kuma gina tsarin tattalin arziki mai launin kore da ƙarancin carbon.

An fahimci cewa amfani da wannan fasaha zai iya rage fitar da hayakin carbon dioxide da tan 1.9 a kowace tan na man ethanol da ake samarwa, kuma ƙara man ethanol a cikin man fetur zai iya rage gurɓatar hayakin mota yadda ya kamata. A lokaci guda, wannan fasaha tana amfani da kayan da ba na hatsi ba, kuma kowace tan na man ethanol da ake samarwa zai iya adana tan 3 na hatsi da kuma rage amfani da ƙasar noma da eka 4, wanda ke taimakawa wajen tabbatar da tsaron abinci.

"(Aikin) yana da matuƙar muhimmanci wajen haɓaka masana'antar ferroalloy don canza yanayin amfani da makamashi na gargajiya, inganta cikakken amfani da albarkatu, da kuma daidaita rage fitar da hayaki da haɓaka shi yadda ya kamata." Li Xinchuang, Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙungiyar ƙarfe da ƙarfe ta China kuma Sakataren Kwamitin Jam'iyyar na Cibiyar Tsara da Bincike ta Masana'antar Ƙarfe. A bikin ƙaddamar da aikin da aka gudanar a wannan rana, an bayyana cewa ƙaddamar da aikin amfani da iskar gas ta masana'antar ferroalloy don samar da man ethanol babban ci gaba ne a ci gaban canjin ƙarancin carbon na masana'antar ferroalloy.