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Amelot Looks to Reach Biodiesel Production Zenith
BARBADOS - Barbados' lone biodiesel producing firm is looking forward to reaching full capacity for production in the coming weeks after the completion of trial runs of biodiesel production in the following week.The Barbados Advocate reports that in a statement issued, Amelot Holdings, Inc., the biodiesel refining plant, located at The Future Centre, is in the process of finishing up production trial runs, and will soon be ready to begin operating near full capacity.
Amelot Oil started up operations last month with trial runs producing initially 200 gallons of biodiesel and is expected to ramp up to 6 000 gallons of biodiesel a month over the next quarter. The current price of Diesel set by the Government of Barbados is Bds$2.57 per litre or approximately US$4.86 per gallon. All biodiesel fuel that has been produced thus far has been sold to local merchants and valued customers. Collection of oil will continue this week with the combined efforts of the St. Thomas Parish Ambassadors Programme and the numerous hotels, restaurants, and manufacturing companies across the island with which relationships have already been established.
As production test runs continue, management has been hard at work designing, finalising, and fine-tuning the oil collection programme, which will be implemented throughout the island. The proposed programme will include a detailed scheduling procedure to optimise the location and use of cooking oil collected at each participating supplier. It will also include a mapping system of collection routes, a monitoring system which will record collection levels, and spatial analysis reports. The programme will also include the input and inclusion of co-operating initiatives, such as the St. Thomas Parish Ambassadors Programme.
In further company news, major efforts are under way to establish and expand the company's network of suppliers and buyers. Last week, Mr. Gregory Hawkins and Mr. Handel Callender met with several high level business and government representatives. Aziz Hirji, President and CEO of Amelot Holdings, Inc., flew to Barbados to participate in these meetings alongside of the Barbados management team. The meetings resulted in several verbal agreements, and Amelot will be working to solidify those contracts in the coming weeks. Included in these verbal agreements is a major restaurant chain.
" My trip down to Barbados was very successful," stated Aziz Hirji, President of Amelot Holdings, Inc. "I am extremely pleased with the number of verbal agreements that were made, and I am very excited by the prospect of securing written contracts for oil collection and fuel distribution within the next few weeks. It has become clear to me that the demand for biodiesel is greater than our current supply. This high demand will drive our efforts even further in order to increase and expand collections and sales. "
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