In India, researchers at Kochi-based SCMS Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Development and the SCMS School of Engineering and Technology have filed for a US patent for coconut-based biodiesel. The technology can produce 760 liters of biodiesel from 10,000 coconuts’ worth of oil, along with five other co-products.
In Fiji, small-scale coconut biodiesel producers are able to retail biodiesel at a discount compared to fossil diesel. Biodiesel is going for F$2.45 per liter, compared to F$2.80 per liter for diesel. The first facility was opened in 2010 and produced 520 liters of oil per day, but now two other trial sites are also […]
In Thailand, DP Cleantech has signed a contract with Mahachai Green Power project in Samut Sakhon Province to deliver a state of the art 9.5 MWe high pressure, high temperature plant. The plant will run on coconut waste residues, (husk, shell, frond and leaves). The new advanced design has been adapted especially for coconut waste […]
In the Philippines, coconut oil exports grew by nearly 50% in the last 9 months as the country failed to implement the shift to a B5 biofuel mandate. The current blending requirement is 2%, and the proposal to shift to B5 has yet to secure approval from the National Biofuels Board. Coconut oil export goals […]
In the Philippines, the national coconut authority has teamed with the national center for transportation studies for a 25-day trial using a B5 blend of coconut oil-based biodiesel. The government recently approved increasing the current B2 to B5 in order to support the industry. Boosting to B5 will create 40,000 direct jobs alone.
In the Philippines, the Asian Institute of Petroleum Studies is pushing for both bunker-fired and diesel-fired power plants to introduce coconut oil into their fuel streams to help reduce imports leading to economic efficiencies while reducing carbon emissions.
In the Philippines, the government expects that it will need another coconut-based biodiesel plant by 2019 in order to fulfill the B5 blend while another 10 plants will be needed by 2024 in order to meet the demand for B10. Reaching B20 would require another 29 plants by 2030.
In the Philippines, the country’s coconut marketing agency says that current coconut oil production is enough to supply a B5 blend nationwide. Coconut-based biodiesel, CME, is currently blended at 2%. The country is aiming for a 20% CME blend for 2030 but the industry is pushing for investment in higher yielding varieties now. More on […]
In the Philippines, the Philippines Coconut Authority has requested that the National Biofuels Board to increase the proportion of coconut-based biodiesel blends from B2 blends to B5. The increase, according to the PCA, would result in an additional use of 21,000 tones of coconut for domestic biodiesel per year. The group said that their requests […]
In the Philippines, the government is considering extending its push for using locally-produced coconut oil as a feedstock for biodiesel when it bumps its blending mandate to 10% in 2015. Coconut biodiesel is currently blended at 2% but a recent study shows that selling the coconut oil into the industry could earn farmers $23.5 million […]
