Belize to launch project to produce biofuel from sargassum and solid waste
In Belize, VOA reported that Belize is developing a pilot project to convert the masses of sargassum seaweed swamping its beaches into biofuel.
Belize Prime Minister John Briceno said in a statement that a $50 million facility, which will be the result of a public-private partnership with German company Variodin, would convert municipal solid waste and sargassum into diesel fuel replacements.
The facility could be scaled up with additional financing, he said, adding that it would sign a power purchase agreement for energy generated from the plant.
“The sargassum seaweed invasion [is] causing economic, social and environmental wreckage across Belize and the Caribbean,” regional bloc CARICOM said, citing estimates that the region spends $120 million a year to collect and dispose of it.
Category: Fuels
