Colombia
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Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Colombia.
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Events
- 13-15 March 2007, Cartagena, Colombia: Biofuels Americas Conference & Expo III
News
- Colombians in U.S. sugar mills to produce ethanol 8 June 2008, in The Miami Herald: The first three plants to produce sugar cane-based ethanol are expected to go online in Louisiana by mid 2009 using Colombian technology. (Note: Link to article is non-functioning.)
- Colombia: Harvesting Sunshine for Biofuels 12 October 2006, by InterPress Service (IPS): In response to declining oil reserves, "President Álvaro Uribe announced on Aug. 7, at the start of his second term, that production of biofuels would be one of his administration’s priorities."
- Sugar high 30 April 2006, in The Seattle Times: "In Colombia, ethanol's future is now. Since November, motorists in three large cities — Cali, Bogotá and Popayán — have been required by law to fill their tanks with at least 10 percent ethanol." ... "The biofuel law is spawning investment in ethanol infrastructure in the Cauca Valley, Colombia's sugar-growing capital."
Policies/Issues
- "A 2001 Colombian law stipulates that the country's gasoline must have 10 percent ethanol in 2009, with gradual increases to 25 percent in 15 to 20 years. A similar bill is being drafted for biofuel, based on the African palm, from which 600,000 tonnes of oil are already being produced yearly as food."(Source: Biofuel Boom Sparks Environmental Fears, 24 September 2006, by InterPress Service)
- The article quoted David Cala, "director of CORPODIB, a consortium of businesses, university and technology centres involved in industry development of biotechnology, as saying that "Colombia could be third in production of biofuels, surpassed only by the United States and Brazil, if production of palm oil for biodiesel comes out favourably."[1] "Exports could reach 10 million litres daily of alcohol from sugarcane and beets, and three million tonnes a year of biodiesel -- two to three times greater than domestic consumption -- in 15 to 20 years, estimates Cala."[2]
Organizations
- CORPODIB
Governmental organizations
Nongovernmental organizations
Companies
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