In celebration of the Enactment of the 2006 Philippine Biofuels Bill, SeaOil has slashed pump prices of it’s E10 Gasoline (10% mixture of Ethanol) by 50 Cents per liter (Philippine Peso)

SeaOil is the first local petroleum distributor to offer blended biofuels in the Philippines. Due to the lack however of Ethanol Distilleries in the Philippines, ethanol is currently being imported by SeaOil.

In the first phase of the 2006 Philippine Biofuels Bill, 5% (E5) is the mandated mixture of Ethanol with Gasoline at the Pump within two years of passage, then after four years the mandated mixture will go up to 10% (E10).

Original Article here from Inq7

Pertamina of Indonesia announced that they are going to start selling high octane E5 gasoline (with 5% ethanol) on monday. The price will be 4,750 rupiah (50 US cents) per liter. This new fuel blend will be marketed under the name Biopertamax E-5.

Earlier this year Indonesia had started mixing ethanol and biodiesel into their fuel supplies.

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Heard of Carbon Credits from the Kyoto Protocol?… the Japanese have taken it a notch higher by bringing it to the grass roots… plastic recycling will get you credits in the local department store…

From the Yomiuri Shinbun

My apologies to the said newspaper for lifting this, as there was no link to an article.

Congressmen Miguel Zubiri and Raul del Mar are working to push the Biofuels Act by December before the House goes on Christmas break. They are working for the reconciliation of the Senate and House versions of the bill by the bicameral committee. Senate President Manny Villar gave assurances that the Senate would also work to pass the Biofuels Act.

Article here from Inq7

Central Azucarera de San Antonio in Iloilo Philippines is a Sugar Milling company. They recently announced plans to setup a Php 1.6B ($32M) Power Plant which will have a 14 MW Capacity and will be fed by Bagasse recovered during the processing of Sugar Cane Stalks. The issue of pollutants is solved by dual scrubbers incorporated into the design of the plant which will filter and clean the exhaust gasses.

Of the total capacity generated by the plant, 9 MW will be used by the Sugar Milling Company while the remaining 5 MW will be sold to the grid. The plant is expected to be online and operating by 2008.

Not really new to use Bagasse for the milling of cane, but this is probably the first time for the Philippines to have non fossil fuel plant not using thermal or hydro as a power source to feed the National Grid.

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