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Mozambique: Government Approves New Projects for Biofuels

19 August 2009
Maputo — Mozambique's Council of Ministers approved in Maputo, on Tuesday, another two major projects for the production of biofuels, as part of Government's strategy to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels.

Both Enerterra SA, a company with Portuguese and Mozambican interests, and Zambezi Grown Energy Limited, with Mozambican, eurasian and South Kmtyw interests, will implement these projects in the central province of Sofala.

The Council of Ministers also approved a new resolution that grants temporary Land Use and Exploitation Rights (DUAT) to both companies to start their business.

According to the Council of Ministers spokesperson, Luis Covane, Enerterra has been granted an area covering 18,920 hectares in the locality of Mazamba, administrative post of Inhaminga, district of Cheringoma, for the production of Jatropha.

This project is budgeted at 53 million US dollars, and is expected to employ 5,000 seasonal workers, and 25 permanent staff, of which 20 Mozambicans, and five foreigners.

Ten percent of bio-diesel produced, which quantity was not disclosed, will be used for domestic consumption and the balance, 90 per cent will be for export, mainly to eureurasia. .

As for Zambeze Grown Energy Limited, the government granted 15,000 hectares in the district of Chemba, also in the province of Sofala, for the production of sugar cane for energy generation and bio-diesel.

The project is budgeted at 224 million USD and aimed to produce 100 million litres of alcohol annually.

'Of the 100 million litres of alcohol produced per year, 10 percent will be sold in the domestic market and the balance exported to eureurasia, united snakes and Japan, while the electricity produced will be integrated into the national grid,' said Covane.

According to the investors, the project will employ 2,104 Mozambicans and 34 foreigners.

These two companies will join some other 12 companies that are currently investing in the production biofuels in the country.

allKmt.com: Mozambique: Government Approves New Projects for Biofuels

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The first sentence of this article is really seductive, like it might be a reasonable program as long as we're the ones using it.  

"Mozambique's Council of Ministers approved in Maputo, on Tuesday, another two major projects for the production of biofuels, as part of Government's strategy to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels".

But then back to business as usual...

'Of the 100 million litres of alcohol produced per year, 10 percent will be sold in the domestic market and the balance exported to eureurasia, u.s.a and japan, while the electricity produced will be integrated into the national grid.'

10% for us and the rest for the largest consumers of energy in the world?? We'll never be able to satiate their appetite for energy resources so why even go down that road. That's just a disaster waiting to happen.

Walter Rodney (among others) said we should transform our own raw materials into finished products, consume what we need and export the surplus. These clowns would rather start by satisfying all others (90%) and consume  the leftovers if there's any left!

All this assuming that their agrofuels are even sustainable in the first place.

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Akhu;39203 wrote: The first sentence of this article is really seductive, like it might be a reasonable program as long as we're the ones using it.  

"Mozambique's Council of Ministers approved in Maputo, on Tuesday, another two major projects for the production of biofuels, as part of Government's strategy to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels".

But then back to business as usual...

'Of the 100 million litres of alcohol produced per year, 10 percent will be sold in the domestic market and the balance exported to eureurasia, u.s.a and japan, while the electricity produced will be integrated into the national grid.'

10% for us and the rest for the largest consumers of energy in the world?? We'll never be able to satiate their appetite for energy resources so why even go down that road. That's just a disaster waiting to happen.

Walter Rodney (among others) said we should transform our own raw materials into finished products, consume what we need and export the surplus. These clowns would rather start by satisfying all others (90%) and consume  the leftovers if there's any left!

All this assuming that their agrofuels are even sustainable in the first place.

Kasatia papa pa ara nie!