Malawi introduces Brazilian flex-fuel vehicles

In Malawi, Brazilian flex-fuel vehicles were launched at an event in Blantyre that can use 100 percent ethanol or any blend of ethanol or gasoline. The Malawi department of science and technology and the Ethanol Company of Malawi (ETHCO), are promoting the vehicles to reduce Malawi’s dependence on foreign oil.

Malawi has begun increasing its biofuels-related activity. D1 Oils has 338,000 acres under jatropha production with plans to plant more than 80,000 acres in Swaziland, Zambia, Madagascar, Mali and Malawi.

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