Bio-fuel Crop Areas in Guatemala

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The report was commissioned by the Organization of American States (OAS) to the firm Hart Energy and was delivered this week the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM).

Guatemala has capacity to be a major producer of sugar cane, which is used to produce ethanol, said Francisco Burgos, an analyst at the OAS.

The OAS report also recommended the use of bio-fuels within the country, for which he proposes to start in 2012 a progressive plan to mix up to 10% ethanol to the fuels used by motor vehicles in Guatemala, and by 2014 start using biodiesel mixed in a ratio of up to 5%.

Source: prensalibre.com

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