Zimbabwe Wants to have a Cassava Ethanol Plant
August 5, 2015https://www.newsday.co.zw/2015/07/30/cassava-ethanol-plant-on-cards/
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ZIMBABWE is set to have a cassava ethanol plant to boost ethanol production as the country aims to accelerate mandatory fuel blending.
The Ministry of Energy and Power Development director for policy planning Benson Munyaradzi said that the government wants to have more players that produce ethanol in the country. While Green Fuel is currently producing the ethanol used for mandatory blending, the company has in the past failed to supply the market forcing the government to cut mandatory blending.
The country has been a major trend setter in bio fuels in the region when it started blending in the 1980s. Although the introduction of bio fuels has not been smooth, Zimbabwe is still ahead of its counterparts in the region. The government introduced a mandatory ethanol blending in 2013 at E5 and is now currently at E15.
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