This slipped my radar, turns out that the Department of Energy (DOE) had already released the accepted biofuel and biofuel blended standards for the Philippines last Feb 3, 2009. These standards were worked upon by the Technical Committee on Petroleum Products and Additives (TCPPA) which was co-chaired by the DOE-Oil Industry Management Bureau (DOE-OIMB) and Dept of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). It was signed by them last Jan 14, 2009.
PNS/DOE QS 004:2009 covers the 2% biodiesel mixed with petro diesel, while PNS/DOE QS 008:2009 covers E10 fuels or gasoline with 10% bioethanol mixed into them.
These two standards go in time with the implementation of the increased biofuel blend in the Philippine fuel supply this February. PNS/DOE QS 004:2009 supersedes the previous standard of a 1% biodiesel mixture in diesel fuels sold at the pump.
Along with those two standards was the release of PNS/DOE QS 002:2007 for 100% biodiesel made with Coconut Methyl Esters and PNS/DOE QS 007:2005 for Anhydrous bioethanol fuel (including denatured bioethanol)
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Category: Biodiesel, Bioethanol, Law, Biofuel
