Cuba started piloting biodiesel production from the fence

Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency on July 24 said the step began production of biodiesel with the implementation of an international project called Biomas-Cuba at the Indio Hatuey Pilot Center in Matanzas province, a capital city of La Habana 180km to the east.

Professor Jesús Suárez, head of the center's research department, said the material for the biofuel production is Jatropha Curcas , also known as a picket pole , a plant he judged to be a lot. Other utilities.

The raw material for producing this biofuel is Jatropha Curcas, also known as a picket pole.(Illustration).

Currently, the material area for this project consists of 430 ha of fences planted with 21 kinds of fruit and food crops in six different provinces, with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Cosude ) and of the Cuban Government.

The project includes five biodiesel plants, and two of them went into production with a trial capacity of 400 liters per day.

Besides diesel, the Indio Hatuey center also plans to build 176 air-tight biodegradable tunnels to produce biogas and bio-fertilizer to improve the goal of creating a food-fuel production line. Comprehensive biology of the project.