Iran business to increase biodiesel production

The head of Iran’s Fuel Conservation Company (IFC) has stated that it will start a specialised work group to produce biodiesel in conjunction with the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad.

‘Upon the request of cabinet, a fuel basket was defined recently in which the share of fuel used by diesel cars rose by 17% to hit 24%,’ Abbas Kazzemi, the head of the IFC, was quoted as saying. ‘With regard to increasing the number of diesel vehicles in the country, widespread programs have been defined for meeting this kind of vehicles' fuel, including production of biodiesel from food processing wastes.’

Kazzemi also revealed that production of bioethanol is underway to meet the requirements of diesel vehicles.