Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan looking closer at Cambodian ethanol production

In Cambodia, Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan may be looking to move forward with the MOU it signed with the government to 2012 to produce 200 million liters of cassava-based ethanol annually by 2020. The company’s renewable energy director visited the energy ministry recently to talk about the potential investment where the company sought a domestic ethanol policy to support the project’s viability. The ministry encouraged the company to buy domestic cassava for its Thai facility in the meantime.