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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-10-22</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001167880</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PANDA ETHANOL, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PDAE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001289643</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GLG Partners LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1 CURZON STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>W1J 5HB</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001417841</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GLG Partners LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GLG PARTNERS LP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1 CURZON STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>W1J 5HB</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001365790</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GLG Partners, Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>390 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>20TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $0.001 par value per share (&quot;Common Stock&quot;)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-10-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>9080</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.09</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5009732</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The securities shown as disposed of in column (4) are indirectly owned by GLG Partners LP on behalf of certain managed
 accounts or funds.  The securities shown in column (5) are indirectly owned by GLG Partners LP on behalf of certain managed
 accounts or funds, including by GLG European Long Short Fund, GLG Global Utilities Fund and GLG North American Opportunity
 Fund.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">GLG Partners LP, an English limited partnership, acts as the investment manager of certain funds and managed accounts and may
 be deemed, as of the date hereof, to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by such funds and managed
 accounts. GLG Partners Limited, an English limited company, is the general partner of GLG Partners LP. GLG Partners, Inc.
 indirectly wholly owns GLG Partners Limited.  GLG Partners LP, GLG Partners Limited and GLG Partners, Inc. do not hold
 directly any of the Issuer's securities or derivative securities with respect thereto, and disclaim any beneficial ownership
 of any of the Issuer's securities reported or excluded herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Securities Exchange
 Act of 1934, as amended, except for their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>GLG PARTNERS LP, By: GLG Partners Limited, as its General Partner, By: /s/ Victoria Parry, Senior Legal Counsel of GLG Partners LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-10-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>GLG PARTNERS LP, By: GLG Partners Limited, as its General Partner, By: /s/ Emmanuel Roman, Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-10-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
