Jamaica Wants to Increase Ethanol Blend through Domestic Production
July 8, 2015http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Production-of-biofuel-still-in-the--mix
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Jamaica is looking to produce its own biofuel and increase their current mix of ethanol in petrol to about 20 percent.
This was announced by Dr. Oral Rainford, Principal Director of Policy, Planning, Development and Evaluation Division, in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. He spoke during the workshop on the Life Cycle Sustainable Assessment and Global Bio Energy Partnership (GBEP) Indicators for Sustainable Biofuels in Jamaica. The workshop aims to provide best practices and information on the production of bio-fuels in a sustainable manner.
Dr. Rainford noted that this plan to produce biofuel in Jamaica is partly hampered by the unwillingness of industry players to venture into biofuels as well as the lack of arable land for the production of the raw materials.
A ten percent ethanol mix in fuel was implemented in Jamaica in 2008, using ethanol imported from Brazil. However, Rainford is adamant that Jamaica should begin producing biofuels locally, starting with the mix currently being used.
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