Bio-ethanol-fossil fuel blend under consideration

A 10% blend of fossil fuel and bio-ethanol gases using sugar cane is being studied, according to Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who says cultivation for this purpose can be done without affecting sugar production.

Ramsammy made this disclosure at a ‘Close-out’ seminar held last week Wednesday on the ‘Expanding Bio-energy Opportunities in Guyana’ technical cooperation agreement with Caricom, which has come to an end after six years.

In addition to Caricom, government had partnered with the Caribbean Renew-able Energy Development Programme (CREDP), the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agricul-ture (IICA) with support from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), and the