Bio-fuel experimental production launched in Sudan
Khartoum, April 13
(SUNA) - The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Eissa Bashari has launched
at the Energy Research Center Wednesday the national project on the production
of bio-fuel from the Jatropha tree
The minister witnessed the phases of the bio-fuel production from the
harvesting stage through refinery to the laboratory experimentation on a fair a
mount of vehicles, tractors and generators. The experiment proved motivating
success made several ministries, governmental institutions and private companies
declare their readiness to engage in smart partnerships with the Ministry of
Science and technology to drive the project to the model application stages for
commercial product that would meet domestic consumption and beyond it
exportation
Dr. Bushari called on all concerned bodies to consider this project their
first economic enterprise leading the state into international arena and
providing opportunities and orientations on production and consumption of clean
energy. He said bio-fuel was expected to meet be 25 % of the total quantity of
the world consumption in energy by the year 2025
Member of the National Commission for Bio-fuel Energy and Supervisor of
the Model Farm of Jatropha tree at the National Centre for Energy Research Prof.
Ibrahim Saeed Mohamed, has meanwhile, affirmed possibility of cultivation more
than two million feddans with Jatropha tree in Sudan , to help produce the
bio-fuel
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