Rwanda goes ahead with jatropha
Rwanda’s government is teaming-up with the US and UK on a biodiesel project.
The $35 million (€23.5 million) project between the Rwandan Government and US firm Eco-Fuel Global and the UK’s Eco-Fuel Positive will use the non-edible shrub jatropha as feedstock.
The two firms will lease 10,000 hectares of land near Akagera National Park in the Eastern Province to produce 16 million litres of biodiesel, which will boost the country's plan to use cleaner fuels in the next six to seven years.
The companies will work with Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (IRST) which has already had a major breakthrough in the production of sulphur-free environmental friendly biodiesel.
Once implemented, Rwanda will be one of the first African countries to embark on large scale commercial production of biodiesel. Rwanda currently consumes about 160 million litres of fuel a year.
IRST is already producing about 2,000 litres of biodiesel from jatropha, palm oil, moringa oil, avocado seeds and animal fat and says it could soon embark on large scale projects following the success of the pilot scheme.
The $35 million (€23.5 million) project between the Rwandan Government and US firm Eco-Fuel Global and the UK’s Eco-Fuel Positive will use the non-edible shrub jatropha as feedstock.
The two firms will lease 10,000 hectares of land near Akagera National Park in the Eastern Province to produce 16 million litres of biodiesel, which will boost the country's plan to use cleaner fuels in the next six to seven years.
The companies will work with Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (IRST) which has already had a major breakthrough in the production of sulphur-free environmental friendly biodiesel.
Once implemented, Rwanda will be one of the first African countries to embark on large scale commercial production of biodiesel. Rwanda currently consumes about 160 million litres of fuel a year.
IRST is already producing about 2,000 litres of biodiesel from jatropha, palm oil, moringa oil, avocado seeds and animal fat and says it could soon embark on large scale projects following the success of the pilot scheme.
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