{"id":235503,"date":"2019-10-22T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T00:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=235503"},"modified":"2019-10-22T20:48:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T00:48:45","slug":"doe-urged-to-study-increase-of-biofuel-content-in-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/22\/doe-urged-to-study-increase-of-biofuel-content-in-diesel\/","title":{"rendered":"DOE urged to study increase of biofuel content in diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a statement, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the National Biofuels Board (NBB) should craft a policy that will bolster the growth of local biodiesel production. (File Photo<\/a>: Senator Win Gatchalian\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee on Tuesday urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the proposal to increase biofuel content in diesel to ease the oversupply of local copra.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the National Biofuels Board (NBB) should craft a policy that will bolster the growth of local biodiesel production.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom line is, let\u2019s convene the Biofuels Board and let\u2019s come up with an action plan. The last time you convened [the NBB] is Q2,\u00a0pero walang aksyon na lumabas<\/em>\u00a0(but there is still no action taken),\u201d Gatchalian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese issues have been there for a long, long time already.\u00a0Iyan ang<\/em>\u00a0plead\u00a0ng mga<\/em>\u00a0farmers two years ago,\u00a0hanggang ngayon, iyan pa rin ang<\/em>\u00a0plead\u00a0ng mga<\/em>\u00a0farmers right now (That was the farmers\u2019 plead two years ago, and that\u2019s still their plead right now). We need to address these issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In a recent budget hearing at the Senate, the energy department reported that a technical working group is already studying the feedstock and pricing problems that continue to plague the biofuels industry.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Agriculture (DA), the projected coconut harvest for this year to satisfy the proposed 5 percent biodiesel blend is 1.5 billion nuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, I urge the department to convene the NBB and then come up with an action plan. Then we will also convene the oversight so that we can already push for reforms and push for actions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker cited a study estimating that there would be a 1.09 percent increase, equivalent to PHP0.56, in the per liter pump price of biodiesel, if the biofuel content in diesel is increased from B2 to B5.<\/p>\n

He noted that an ordinary jeepney driver, who uses around 15 liters of diesel per day, will be expected to shell out an additional PHP250.76 per month if the blend is increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee on Tuesday urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the proposal …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":145603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235504,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235503\/revisions\/235504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}