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Current Stakeholders' Perspectives and Thinking on Ethanol Production and Use |
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| Dr. Muyoba Macwani, Njuwe Consultants, Zambia | | Download (click on the image) |  | | Category | Renewable Energy | | Description | Summary This presentation (Appendix T) was made based on the work that the consultant is undertaking to produce a concept paper, which is based on the interviews with various stakeholders. The presenter highlighted Government's positive position regarding moving to unleaded gasoline, with preference to use of ethanol as the blending agent. In fact, the committee to which the consultant reports his findings was constituted by Government. The finding revealed that most of the stakeholders subscribe to the move towards unleaded gasoline. Some feel that what is hindering is lack of a policy framework within which the whole country would operate.
Going by policy statements in the media, Government's Road Map for promoting use of biofuels as alluded to in the Final Concept Paper and the 2005 Budget, the participants were informed that that Government's position on bio-fuels is very clear indeed (that there will be no turning back), and hence the outlined the recommendations below: - Completion of Bio-fuel Strategy by end of June, 05;
- Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Dec, 07 and
- Transition to ethanol blending of gasoline in Zambia's transport market by Jan, 08
In conclusion, the presenter reiterated that Government's policy statement promotes the use of ethanol, which was described as the black gold of the world. So Zambia has a market already! What was required was Government's road map on ethanol production, and cogen, which requires development of a bio-energy strategy. By moving in this direction, the Zambian Government would also be fulfilling the UNFCCC objectives of GHG reductions.
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 | 17 kB | | Date | 17-04-2005 at 20h33 | |
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