The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved the contract of Bioethanol producer San Carlos Bioenergy Inc (SCBI) to supply their excess electricity to VMC Rural Electric Services Cooperative Inc. (VRESCO).
The contract allows SCBI to supply VRESCO their 2.4 ~4.8 MW of excess electricity from their cogeneration plant.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) recently gave its approval to seven biofuel projects which have a combined investment of over P7 Billion. The ramp up of biofuel production in the Philippines is in compliance with the 2007 Biofuel Law that mandates for a fixed amount of bioethanol to be mixed in the gasoline and biodiesel in the petro diesel being sold at the pumps.
The Seven Biofuel Projects are:
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Was happy to see this at my local gasoline station. A few months ago they said that they put it up already but had to remove it. I asked them why and they answered that it was because they ran out. Basing from this explanation, I guess it is still a wait and see attitude for the motorists, on whether the supply is stable or not.
Since I’m using this already, I’ll have to check with my mechanic to have the timing of the car checked. Since bioethanol has a different flashpoint than gasoline it will have different ignition properties.
Bronzeoak Philippines, a subsidiary of Bronzeoak Ltd of the UK, announced that they were building two power plants to power their bioethanol distillery in the Bukidnon and Tarlac. Both projects are expected to cost about $100 Million and will deliver 15MW of power each. They will work in tandem with a 40 million li/year ethanol processing plant.
The power plants would be specifically located at Kibawe, South Bukidnon and in Capas, Tarlac. Construction is expected to begin by the middle of 2010.
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There has been a lot noise these past few weeks owing to Petron President and CEO, Ramon S. Ang, publicly asking for more definite guidelines on the preparation of bioethanol from DOE because there is the high possibility that it could corrode the fuel system and valuable engine parts. Petron’s point was that if something bad happened to the car’s engines because of the bioethanol, they would be the one to receive the front end of the public’s anger because they are the ones selling the fuel to them.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the biofuel law will push through despite questions raised by oil companies with regards to bioethanol being corrosive to gasoline vehicles.
Earlier this week, Petron CEO & Chairman, Ramon S. Ang raised an alarm that without proper guidelines in the processing, bioethanol mixed into the fuel could have water in them which could lead to corrosion of the fuel system and the subsequent blame would fall on the oil retailers. This necessitated the DOE to call a stakeholders meeting.
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