Biodiesel
in Central America
Tuthill Transfer Systems
Company Profile
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Phone: (52) 55-5370-0602
Monday, August 1, 2011
Production could be 20 times that of African palm, according to the pre-feasibility study conducted on Lake Amatitlán.
In 2009, Galileo University launched an investigation to determine the energy potential of algae that is contaminating Lake Amatitlan, with encouraging preliminary results.
Friday, December 3, 2010
According to a study by the OAS, the country has at least one million hectares suitable for cultivation of bio-fuel.
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).
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) will build a biodiesel plant in Buena Vista, Colon Province.
The start of construction is scheduled for the first quarter of next year and has a projected production of about 10 thousand liters of biodiesel.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Odin Energy Corporation announced its intention of importing bio-diesel B5 from Colombia and re-exporting it to other countries from Panama.
The company, listed at the Panamanian Stock Exchange, is building a $20 million bio-diesel mixing facility in Colombia, which should be ready by the end of 2010.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Investors from the United States expressed their intention of investing in a project to generate biodiesel from pine nut.
They met with President Porfirio Lobo Sosa, and detailed the characteristics of the project, which includes financing, technical assistance, and buying the raw material from local growers.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The plant is presented as "one of the best alternatives" for producing ethanol.
"Even considering its limitations, growing Jatropha curcas L. is one of the best alternatives for producing biodiesel" in the hemisphere, assured Jamil Macedo, Coordinator of an regional agro energy network.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Embrapa, a Brazilian agricultural research company, will install its regional headquarters in Panama.
The president of International Cooperation at Panama's Agricultural Development Ministry said that the presence of this company will boost feasibility studies for ethanol production.
Monday, August 17, 2009
In the next five years, the State will install a biodiesel and an ethanol plant.
The project, directed by the Ministry of Agricultural Development (Mida), also includes activating an existing biodiesel plant.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
An OAS feasibility study concluded that El Salvador has what it takes for developing an ethanol industry.
The feasibility study for ethanol production analyzed climate conditions, soil and historic biofuel production.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The loan will be designated to debt restructuring, increasing production capacity, improving the distribution network, and expanding palm cultivations.
Washington, D.C. - June 16, 2009, the Inter-American Corporation of Investments (CII) approved a loan for $7 million USD to Corporación Dinant and Exportadora del Atlántico, which are both businesses of the Dinant Group.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
In April the pilot plant, donated by Colombia, was inaugurated. It will have the capacity to produce 10 thousand liters of bio-diesel per day.
Elsalvador.com reports on its website: "The pilot plant, which was installed in October 2008 at the National Center for Agriculture and Forestry Technology (Centa), will have the capacity to produce 10 thousand liters of bio-diesel per day, on a 10 hour shift, from palm and fig oils and even from recycled oils. However they are still awaiting an oil extraction modules."
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Existing companies have the infrastructure to produce 40 thousand gallons, which is equal to 6% of the total national demand for fuel.
The production of bio-diesel in the country is a "win-win" project, the executive director of the Salvadoran Business Council for Sustainable Development, Luis López Lindo, said.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sustainable Power Corp. acquired 1000 acres of land close to Guatemala City where they will built a biomass reactor and bio-fuel plant.
The release states that the agreement includes the construction of factory close to Guatemala City that will be used for testing and to start the production of bio-fuels.
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