I remember posting awhile back that aside from creating processes which make the production of alternative and renewable fuel more efficient. Humanity should also focus on producing equipment/machines that use this fuel that are more efficient than what we have now.
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The Meralco Foundation is sponsoring a 1 day Jatropha Curcas Seminar in their facility at Mandaluyong, Philippines.

Presenters will be :
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Fat Spaniel Technologies has come up with a system to monitor a solar cell’s efficiency in real time by tracking how much electricity is actually generated by each cell as well as how much electricity is being consumed. All this data get’s fed into a central server where it can be viewed from any web enabled system.

The benefit of this technology are:
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The Cordillera Administrative Region has allocated 12,000 ha. of government land in their domain for the planting of Jatropha Curcas as feedstock for Biodiesel production. This is just the tip of the iceberg as they plan to add an additional 32,000 ha for expansion.
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Yesterday, the Philippine Biofuels bill (Senate Bill 2226) was passed unanimously in the Philippine Senate.

Authored by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago while the House version was authored by Rep. Miguel Zubiri. It calls for 1% mixture of Biodiesel in the existing Diesel supply while 5% of Ethanol in Gasoline. The source materials has also to be acquired locally as stated in the Bill. Violators of this bill will be subject to 1-5 years imprisonment with an accompanying fine of P1-5 Million ($20k~100k).
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