Botswana to finalize biofuel and energy policy in 2015

In Botswana, the country aims to approve a national energy policy by 2015 that will include a large renewable energy component, including biofuels. The government has been working with the Japanese to develop varieties of jatropha that will be tolerant to the extreme weather shifts experienced in the country. The energy minister admitted that a lack of policy had hindered investment in biofuels thus far.