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 […]
In Cambodia, as part of China’s “The Belt and Road Initiative”, Hong Kong-based North Asia Resources will buy 14,000ha in Pursat Province for more than $52 million in order to produce cassava that will supply a 100,000 metric ton per year ethanol plant. Methane, carbon dioxide, bio-solid organic fertilizers and bio-power generation will also be […]
In Cambodia, the three-year-long trial of a UK businessman accused of fraud over a biodiesel project is finally nearing its close with attorneys making closing arguments this week. From fake permits to shorting more than 17,000 farmers meant to grow jatropha for the project, four officials, a military general and the company’s attorney are being […]
In Cambodia, the country’s cassava farmers are looking at alternative cash crops like corn and soy in an effort to reduce reliance on Thailand’s manipulation of prices and markets for the crop. The country doesn’t have processing facilities for ethanol or starch, so it is exported to Thailand for further processing but since the military […]
In Cambodia, a $360 million sugar mill owned by a Chinese food conglomerate has come online, bringing along with it 50 million metric tons of ethanol production annually, all meant for shipment to China. The 500,000 tons of sugar to be produced will be shipped to European and Chinese markets. The project is the first […]
In Cambodia, cassava farmers are looking to the government to help support them as prices collapse. Prices are about half what they were last year but the government blames low prices on poor storage capacity that seriously impacts the quality of stored cassava. A joint venture with Thailand’s Ubon Biro Ethanol with local company Try […]
In Cambodia, the first farmer trial for a cassava-based ethanol project has ended successfully with 100 farmers participating. Currently production is based on 100ha with the next phase scaling up to 2,000 ha but a commercial facility will require feedstock from 15,000 ha. The company previously announced it expects to produce 200 million liters annually […]
In Cambodia, the first-ever shipment of cassava chips to China for ethanol feedstock has set sail. The deal is the first of many expected shipments under a new agreement with Tianguan Global Cassava Processing Co. Ltd., owned by one of China’s four approved ethanol producers, that would see 150,000 metric tons of cassava chips exported […]
In Cambodia, the UK government is seeking extradition of Gregg Fryett, former chairman of Sustainable Agro Energy, the company that sought to produce jatropha for biodiesel but that the UK’s Serious Fraud Office claims swindled UK investors of $35.8 million. Earlier this month the SFO brought fraud and bribery charges against four other company agents […]
In Cambodia, two employees of the local partner of Sustainable Agro Energy, the UK company under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, were arrested in Phnom Penh and charged with forging land documents in an attempt to sell the land.
