2024-10-28 03:15:00
The status quo for biofuels may change as regulatory laws change. Balkan Sugar, the largest bioethanol producer aiming to cut with gasoline, highlighted the potential for import substitution, but They noted that it needed to become “a national policy, not a government policy”.
“still Nation-states have no clear economics in biofuels This must exist,” said Catalina Rocchia Ferro, general manager of Azucarera Los Balcanes, speaking with Power on.
The Balkans region is the country’s largest producer of sugarcane bioethanol. With large grinding capacity, Agricultural workshop with more than 50 harvesters and the management of over 1,200,000 sugarcane rows.
Biodiesel and bioethanol are implemented in mandatory cuts for diesel and gasoline respectively. The first is 12% per liter and the second is 7.5% per liter.
October 16, House Energy and Fuels Committee and Agriculture and Livestock Committee plenary meeting Debate begins over biofuels law revision to increase this percentage. For bioethanol, 15% is recommended, while for biodiesel, 20% is recommended.
Raising the cut-off percentage “has always been government policy, but No national policy can ever surpass them«, labeled Rogia Ferro. The company’s La Florida Sugar Mill produces 120,000 cubic meters of denatured alcohol. After dehydration, more than 10 million liters of ethanol are available each month for blending with gasoline.
«Biofuels They largely replace inputs of fuel or oil Coming from abroad, so there are not as many dollars to escape this way. That’s a very big import substitution, but in my opinion there’s still no clear direction for biofuels,” he said.
The program also provides that if fossil fuel prices rise or supply issues arise, Governments must find a way to replace them with biofuels “Prevent the outflow of foreign exchange, safeguard production, promote investment in the industrialization of national raw materials, and encourage job creation.”
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