Renewable Energy Act Becomes Law
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this week signed into law the Renewable Energy Act, which is designed to make the Philippines 60 per cent energy self...

Bill to Use Lands for Biofuel Crops Pushed
THE PHILIPPINES - Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap appealed to Congress for the immediate passage of the Land Use Act that would identify areas that will be planted with biofuel...

Local Energy Sources To Solve Oil Crisis
PHILIPPINES - Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos is pushing for the use of the country’s vast energy resources rather than have an oil reserve, for the Philippines to become self-sufficient....

Camarines Sur Cultivates Jatropha
PHILIPPINES - Gov. Luis Raymond "L-Ray" Villafuerte is one of the frontrunners in the extensive cultivation of jatropha curcas or popularly known as "tuba-tuba" as an alternative cleaner...

Call to Accelerate Sale of Higher CME Biodiesel Blend
PHILIPPINES - The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) has formally backed the Department of Energy's (DoE) accelerated implementation of higher coco methyl ester (CME) blend to...

Jatropha on the Rise as RP's Alternative Fuel
PHILIPPINES - With the way President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the PNOC-AFC is promoting its production, jatropha is now on the rise as one of the country's alternative fuel, which...

GreenGold Ray Energies Expands Jatropha Plantations for Increased Biodiesel Oil Productions
PHILIPPINES - GreenGold Ray Energies is expanding its Jatropha plantations in Marinduque Island, to increase the company's plantation sites to over 10,000 hectares.

Gov't To Build Jathropa Seed Centers, Refinery
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) will start the first phase of the construction of seed collection centres, crude jathropha...

Farmers Benefit From Selling Jatropha Seeds
PHILIPPINES - Two years ago, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Energy to expand its propagation of jatropha plants in all possible areas in the country as...

Gov't Acquires Jathropa Expeller
PHILIPPINES - A set of equipment necessary to get oil from jatropha was recently acquired by the Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corportation (PNOC-AFC) to fast...

Farmers Beginning to Gain Additional Income From Jatropha Plantations
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines government's alternative fuel programme is on track with farmers now reaping additional income from their jatropha plantations.

Joint Jatropha Biofuel Venture in Philippines
THE PHILIPPINES - A consortium of investors from Japan, South Korea and the Philippines has launched a pilot project to develop biofuels in the Southern Philippines.

Zubiri: Jatropha Seeds as Biofuels Source
THE PHILIPPINES - With no end in sight to the skyrocketing of fuel prices, the national government is looking into alternative fuel sources to avert a looming economic catastrophe.

PNOC Acquires Jatropha Equipment for R&D Activity
THE PHILIPPINES - Due to flexibility of crude oil prices in the world market, the biofuels branch of state-owned PNOC stresses on the need to speed up the R&D process of biofuels in...

Jatropha R&D Being Intensified
THE PHILIPPINES - What with the need to hasten biofuel development because of the skyrocketing of prices, scientists from UP Los Baños are conducting rigorous gene conservation and...