NOVELTY - Distributed production method for producing sugar water and ethanol, comprises: (a) providing a feedstock to each of portable feedstock processing plants; (b) processing the feedstock to produce a sugar water and one or more byproducts; (c) separating the sugar water produced from the byproducts at portable feedstock processing plants; (d) concentrating the separated sugar water at portable feedstock processing plants; (e) transporting the concentrated sugar water to a centralized ethanol producing plant; and (f) producing ethanol from the transported sugar water.    USE - The method is useful for producing sugar water comprising xylose and glucose, and ethanol, where the byproducts are used as animal feed, animal bedding, compost, biofuel or chemicals (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method increases ethanol production throughput and reduces transportation costs. The method reduces the storage requirements at the feedstock processor plants and the ethanol producer plant, hence minimizes or eliminates the adverse environmental impact caused by storage of feedstock.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Distributed production method for producing sugar water and ethanol, comprises: (a) providing a feedstock comprising cellulose, hemicellulose, and/or lignocellulose to each of portable feedstock processing plants each of which is located at or near a feedstock providing site; (b) processing the cellulose, hemicellulose, and/or lignocellulose of the feedstock at portable feedstock processing plants to produce a sugar water and one or more byproducts, where the processing comprises mechanical destruction or grinding, pretreatment, dilute acid thermochemical treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis; (c) separating the sugar water produced from the cellulose, hemicellulose, and/or lignocellulose from the one or more byproducts at portable feedstock processing plants; (d) concentrating the separated sugar water at portable feedstock processing plants; (e) transporting the concentrated sugar water from the portable feedstock processing plants to a centralized ethanol producing plant; and (f) producing ethanol from the transported sugar water at the centralized ethanol producing plant.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a flow chart of the production method of sugar water and ethanol.