Leyte, the front door of almost all typhoons entering the Philippines is targeted for jatropha propagation by the PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp (PNOC-AFC). About 100 hectares worth of land is what they want to fill with jatropha curcas which will eventually be used for biodiesel production.
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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.
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Continental Airlines, fourth largest airline in the United States, successfully conducted a test flight on a Boeing 737-800 with one engine powered by a Jatropha Curcas mix.
The no-passenger flight lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes and originated from the Bush Intercontinental Airport.
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Total (Philippines), the Small Philippine Oil player, mentioned their worry on whether the public will warm up to the idea of buying fuel with bioethanol mixed in them. Managing director Anna Whitehouse said to reporters that “The law tells us to do it, but the law doesn’t tell you to buy it.” Under the Philippine Biofuel Law, Oil companies are required to mix a certain percentage of their fuel with biofuels.
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Despite the low price of gasoline in the Philippines (and the world for that matter), the department of energy said that they will push through with the implementation of the biofuel law as well as higher biofuel mixture in fuels sold at the pump.
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Speaking at the Mindanao Investment Conference, Secura International Corporation president Danilo Manayaga presented the many benefits of the moringa plant that his company has been putting into commercial use.
Moringa, known locally as “malunggay/malungai“, is said to have multiple uses, aside from its more popular use as a milk production stimulant in breast feeding mothers. It is also known as a very hardy plant, similar to the more popular Jatropha Curcas, as it practically grows rapidly and easily in the Philippine landscape.
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