Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will invite tenders next month for a contract to produce 176 million l./year of ethanol, according to a senior government official.Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel said the bidding round, which will be concluded in December, aims to promote ethanol as a transportation fuel as part of a wider plan by the government to reduce pollution and diversify the country's energy mix.Kessel told delegates at a conference that the plan will help reduce the amount of pollutants released into the atmosphere while also guaranteeing the development of Mexico's food industry.She said the project will first be carried out in the western state of Jalisco, with...