[Sustain] Mozambique, Bio-fuels Superpower..?

[Eric Brooks]

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      Will Mozambique become a biofuel superpower?

30-10-07 Investment committed to biofuel projects in Mozambique totals $ 
700 mm, which will put the country at the cutting edge of clean energy 
production in Africa.
According to The Investor, a weekly publication of AIM, Central African 
Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC) pledged to invest $ 510 mm over 
the next few years in producing ethanol from sugar cane.

Until CAMEC's investment was announced, the main biofuel project in the 
country was that of state oil company Petromoc and agricultural 
cooperative Cofamosa, worth an estimated $ 125 mm. Another project being 
carried out by the government includes spending $ 14 mm on a factory for 
ethanol production.
Mozambique Biofuel Industries (MBI), owned by South African investors, 
plans to invest some $ 18 mm and more recently, Canada's Energem 
Resources announced it would invest up to $ 5.5 mm on a jatropha 
plantation.

Mozambique has only recently begun to understand that it is a "biofuel 
superpower," it is reported. Its agro-ecological resources allow for the 
production of a wide range of efficient energy crops, including cassava, 
sugarcane and jatropha, AIM said.
Analysts affiliated with the International Energy Agency estimate that 
the country can produce around 7 ExaJoules (EJ) of biofuels sustainably. 
Mozambique currently consumes around 590,000 tons of oil products per 
year, the bulk being diesel, which equates to around 0.18 EJ.

Achieving full energy independence is well within reach. When it comes 
to the availability of land for energy crops, the country currently uses 
around 4.3 mm hectares out of a total of 63.5 mm hectares of potential 
arable land, or 6.6 %.
Moreover, some 41 mm hectares of poor-quality land are available for the 
production of energy crops that require few inputs and are not suitable 
for food production.

Source: www.downstreamtoday.com / Xinhua News Agency


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