Philippines government arm calls for industry to produce more bioethanol
form sugarcane
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), an agency run by the Philippines
government, is urging players in the industry to invest more in power
co-generation and production of bioethanol from sugarcane amid volatile
sugar prices in the world market.
SRA policy and planning manager Rosemarie Gumera said the agency is
strengthening its product diversification by encouraging stakeholders to
invest more in the manufacture of bioethanol, according to Philstar.com.
Bioethanol is produced using molasses, a by-product of the sugar refining
process.
"We need more products from sugarcane that would benefit our farmers so that
in case of sudden drop in sugar prices, they would have a fallback
industry," Gumera told reporters.
Gumera said two additional bioethanol plants, Cavite Biofuels Producer and
Progreen Agricorp Inc. (former Emperador Distillery), would operate next
year with over 60 million litres of combined capacity.
Therefore, the industry will bring total bio-ethanol production capacity of
the existing eight facilities to up to 340 million litres, which is around
50% of the mandatory requirement.
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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.
www.aptthailand.com
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