In Zimbabwe, ZBC News reports that Tongaat Hullet is considering doubling its ethanol production while separately it reported that Green Fuel is set to increase its ethanol storage capacity by 6.5 million liters to help increase supply flows. Tongaat Hullet currently produces 40 million liters per year. The government has been pushing for consistent E20 […]
In Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Situation reports Green Fuel says it can produce enough ethanol to supply domestic demand as the blending mandate ramps up to 20% later this month. Blending was brought back up to 10% in April in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which brought down pump prices by 4 cents per […]
In Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Situation reports that in an effort to help increase farmers’ access to energy and encourage them to grow castor bean, Oil Castor is importing 20 biodiesel manufacturing engines from South Africa with a price tag of $60,000. The company buys castor bean from farmers to whom it supplies seed to later […]
In Zimbabwe, New Zimbabwe reports the planned expansion for the Green Fuel ethanol facility in Chisumbanje will produce 32MW of power with the majority going to the national grid to help alleviate electricity shortages. Ethanol production will reach 220 million liters per year from cane grown on 24,000 hectares. The government recently cut the ethanol […]
In Zimbabwe, News Day reports that after a decade of the E10 blending mandate, the national energy regulator has scrapped ethanol blending all together. Ethanol blending in the country has been riddled with controversy from a monopoly supplier and concerns of corruption surrounding it together with environmental challenges that has impeded ethanol production at times […]
In Zimbabwe, the New Zimbabwe reports that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will dump the 2005 jatropha project developed by a former governor, known as Transload Enterprises, and hand it over to the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development who will use it for research. Despite government support, the project never really […]
In Zimbabwe, Bulawayo reports that Green Fuel is selling ethanol only in US dollars, requiring proof of payment from clients that they have the funds ahead of time and having all bank transfers sent to its US forex bank account. The country has suffered from severe inflation and currency fluctuations for years, which prompted the […]
In Zimbabwe, ESI Africa reports that Green Fuel is installing a sixth sugarcane crushing mill at its facility that will allow it to be self-sufficient in energy as well as be able to export electricity to the national grid thanks to high powered boilers. The additional equipment should be installed by the end of the […]
In Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 24 reports that a member of Parliament is going to court to fight the national 20% ethanol blending mandate that still supports a supply monopoly for the controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach’s Green Fuel. The complaint claims that Green Fuel is paid $1.30 per liter of ethanol whereas the global average is around […]
In Zimbabwe, ZimEye reports that following the restart of ethanol production at Green Fuel, ethanol blending will return to the mandated 20%. When ethanol supplies were scarce due to rains keeping sugarcane from being harvested, the blending rate temporarily went down to 10%. The mandate has been revised down as low as 5% due to […]
