Sri Lanka to be more green
The Sri Lankan government could be saving $170 million (€125 million) annually if the nation increased its consumption of biofuels, especially in the transport sector.
As well as improving the quality of air, the income of local farmers and industries would be drastically improved.
Science and technology minister Tissa Vitarana highlighted the depletion of fossil fuels and gases and spoke of price increases, environmental pollution and global warming before stating that these looming issues require Sri Lanka to start producing its own sustainable fuel.
Vitarana discussed the possibility of producing 1% of the country’s fuel requirement and gradually increasing this to 10% by 2015. It is an option for the region to make use of the sugar industry’s by-product and convert this into renewable fuel. The government aims to reach self-sufficiency in sugar by fulfilling the national requirement.
However, Sri Lanka is currently able to produce just 10% of this and the remaining is imported. The idea of increasing this by 100% to achieve self-sufficiency has been scrapped and the lack of funding to grow the sugarcane has resulted in it being reduced to 50%.
As well as improving the quality of air, the income of local farmers and industries would be drastically improved.
Science and technology minister Tissa Vitarana highlighted the depletion of fossil fuels and gases and spoke of price increases, environmental pollution and global warming before stating that these looming issues require Sri Lanka to start producing its own sustainable fuel.
Vitarana discussed the possibility of producing 1% of the country’s fuel requirement and gradually increasing this to 10% by 2015. It is an option for the region to make use of the sugar industry’s by-product and convert this into renewable fuel. The government aims to reach self-sufficiency in sugar by fulfilling the national requirement.
However, Sri Lanka is currently able to produce just 10% of this and the remaining is imported. The idea of increasing this by 100% to achieve self-sufficiency has been scrapped and the lack of funding to grow the sugarcane has resulted in it being reduced to 50%.
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