Was on our way home one day on the odd occasion that our son was picked up from school. In between that 10 kilometer Jeepney ride between his school and our home I noticed that there were 9 gasoline stations already plying their trade.
10 years ago, if I’m remembering this correctly, there were only about 5 gasoline stations offering up fuel to the long distance travellers heading to some far off province.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that they are abandoning the research of Jatropha as a feed in stock for the production of Biodiesel. PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC), the Government unit that was tasked to research on the viability of the hardy plant commonly used for fencing off a property in the countrysides has been directed to concentrate instead on developing cassava and sweet sorghum (for bioethanol).
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Juan Miguel Zubiri, the father of the Biofuel’s bill of the Philippines announced his resignation amidst controversy of cheating during the 2007 election wherein he was in a neck-and-neck race for the final slot in the Senate with rival Koko Pimintel.
As of now it is still unknown as to what will happen to the slot vacated by Migs Zubiri and the final result of his resignation as it is still being reviewed by the Senate.
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To comply with the Philippine Biofuel Law, the Philippine Department of Energy announced that they will schedule a public consultation within the year to gauge whether it is feasible to raise the blending requirement of biodiesel to 5% with the diesel being sold at the retail pumps.
The Philippine Biofuel Law states that diesel sold at the pump should have a 2% Biodiesel mix by 2009 and to be raised onwards.
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The CIIF-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG) said that there is enough coconut oil available to support the Philippine Biofuel Law’s requirement to increase the mixture of biofuel in the diesel fuel at the pump by 5% this year. According to them 5% is just 350,000 metric tons of crude coconut oil that equates to 23% of the current annual production capacity of the Philippines.
In line with this they also announced that they had initiated coconut tree replanting program together with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) so as to meet the 10% requirement mandated by the biofuel law by 2015.
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Toyota Tsusho’s North American Region Group-Global Project Planning Development said that they were studying the feasibility of going into jatropha planting for biofuels with commercial farmer, Dole Philippines, that will comprise of 50~200 hectare lots in Davao City and General Santos in Mindanao. Dole will handle the agriculture part of the venture.
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