Biodiesel Project for Fiji
FIJI – A $174 million biodiesel project is being planned for Fiji. The proposed project is part of attempts to reduce the country’s reliance on imported diesel through the use of pongamia oil. And this proposal by Bio-Fuels International is being backed by the Department of Energy and will help Fiji to stand alone in the region in confronting the issue of increasing fuel costs, according to Fiji Live. This will be the fourth project that Fiji has investigated to generate its own fuel – two ethanol (cassava and sugarcane), two bio-diesel (coconut oil and pongamia oil). A brief prepared by Bio-Fuels International was that Fiji should be one of the major contenders among proposed sites in the South Pacific for Bio-fuel International’s ‘Renewable Energy Transformation Initiative’. The brief stated that phase 1 of the development would see a cash infusion of more than $174 million to plant an estimated 100,000 hectares of pongamia in the first three years alone. Pongamia is a deciduous tree that grows to about 15-25 meters in height with a large canopy that spreads equally wide. Oil from pongamia seeds have been found to be useful in diesel generators and are being explored in hundreds of projects throughout India and the third world as feedstock for biodiesel. Source: TheBioenergySite News DeskMay 12, 2012
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