Colombia biofuels sector information flooding damages, development strategiesColombia's ethanol manufacturers lost million last month because of heavy flooding that swamped cane fields, hindered accessibility of gathering tools and also forced closures of the nation's 6 biofuels plants for most of December.
Jorge Bendeck Olivella, head of state of Colombia's National Biofuels Federation, stated Friday in an interview that the perpetual rains and flooding that have battered Colombia because mid-November cost the nation's manufacturers concerning 1 million litres daily, or practically its whole December ethanol outcome.
" The floods have actually damaged not just sugar and also ethanol production, however other plants consisting of the palm plantations that generate oil for biodiesel," Bendeck said. "Regarding 7% of all such palms in Colombia are flooded."
That average manufacturing normally replaces 8% of the gasoline at Colombia's retail pumps, a level mandated by Colombian law to reduce air contamination. Rather than pressure gas sellers to import ethanol to change the lost domestic stocks, the Colombian federal government suspended the ethanol requirement momentarily, Bendeck said.
This month, producers anticipate to recover production to no more half the day-to-day average capacity, or 500,000 litres daily, Bendeck stated.
Bendeck additionally highlighted his sector's strategies to improve production ability by the end of this year by 20% with growth of existing facilities located in Cauca Valley in southwest Colombia, the prime sugar cane growing are, to maximum ability of 1.27 million litres each day.
In addition, 2 new ethanol plants will begin building and construction and when total in early 2013 will certainly add 682,000 liters per day to maximum result, bringing capability to 1.95 million liters a day. The biggest of the two centers is a 475,000-liter daily plant being developed by the state controlled oil company, Ecopetrol, in eastern Meta state at a cost of 5 million, an expense that consists of the purchase of 14,000 hectares for exclusive walking stick fields. Surfactant is taking quotes on the manufacturing facility agreement.
The various other new plant coming is to be developed by Agrifuels, a firm controlled by Israel-based Merhav, in north Colombia near Barranquilla. Investment there will reach 0 million, that includes the expense of Agrifuels acquisition of 12,000 hectareas for exclusive walking cane fields.Agrifuels has actually currently revealed it is using state-of-the-art Brazilian innovation in the brand-new manufacturing facility.
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