Transport Sector
In this Section we focus on the possible partial replacement of petroleum and diesel by bio-fuels. Brazil has for many years embarked on a policy of maximising the use of industrial ethanol as a partial replacement for petrol, making use of its over-production of sugar. Cambodia is giving serious consideration to the use of such plants as Jatropha to provide bio-diesel. Sri Lanka has not yet given serious consideration of this type of product. In a contributing paper we look at the feasibility of the country directing some of its sugar production to ethanol and the scale of the potential supply gap. Major modifications would need to be made to put such a plan into operation. The paper also provides an analysis of the institutional structures that are involved in the sector.View Paper [PDF 805Kb]
An analysis of the potential use of Jatropha oil in Cambodia is provided in the Conference Paper (Colombo, 2005) "Biofuel: A Sustainable Solution for Cambodia?" [PDF 508Kb] by Andrew Williamson, Cambodian Research Centre for Development (CRCD)
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