Monday, March 7, 2016

DOE taps UPLB expert for biodiesel impact study



By Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star) | Updated March 5, 2016 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - After missing its target implementation for the five percent blended biodiesel (B5), the Philippines will start the study on a new roadmap for biodiesel oil to determine supply and demand as well as its impact on prices.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has engaged University of the Philippines-Los Banos (UPLB) economics professor U-Primo Rodriguez to do the impact study of biodiesel in the country, DOE Secretary Zenaida Monsada said on the sidelines of Shell’s Energy Forum Powering Progress Together Asia.
“We just signed the contract for the consultant to undertake the study last week,” she said.
The study was originally scheduled to start last year but the consultant was then engaged in another project outside of the country, she explained.
In February 2015, the National Biofuels Board (NBB) commissioned UPLB to do further study on the impact of the higher blended biodiesel on the coconut industry to ensure farmers would benefit from the B5 implementation.
The NBB is composed of representatives of the energy, agriculture, agrarian reform, science, labor and environment departments, the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Sugar Regulatory Administration.

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