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| Maurice Pigaht, WIP-Renewable Energies | | Download (click on the image) |  | | Category | Renewable Energy | | Description | Summary Mr. Pigaht made a presentation on LAMNET. He started by giving a background, explaining that LAMNET is a network of 48 institutions from 24 countries, with a view of transnationally provide a forum for the promotion of sustainable use of biomass. It is funded by the European Commission within the programme 'Confirming the International Role of Community Research' Project duration (Jan 2002 - Dec 2004), and coordinated by WIP, Germany, in partnership with ETA, Italy and the European Biomass Industry Association, EUBIA. It includes Latin American organisations like CENBIO, Brazil and UNAM, Mexico, which act as coordination support points. Two case studies where presented namely Brazil and Colombia. For the former, great success has been achieved in production of bio-ethanol, and development of Flex Fuel Vehicles, whose sales have been increasing year by year. In Colombia, there was a formation of National Alcohol Program for Colombian Gasoline New law (2001) mandating the blend of bio-ethanol (10% volume) with gasoline.
Following the presentation on LAMNET, it was observed that the success stories in Brazil and Mauritius could be attributed to policy-backed incentives. With the future promising high demand for ethanol by the EU countries, Africa was urged to utilise the opportunity for economic growth. The participants were informed that Africa has potential to produce sufficient ethanol to cover world demand.
Proceedings This presentation is part of the proceedings from the Partners for Africa meeting held in Lusaka in December 2004. See the library item here.
| | File size | 280 kB | | Date | 17-04-2005 at 20h33 | |
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