At the moment is Tuesday, April 9 2024.
Just a few days in the past, Bolivia inaugurated its first biodiesel plant, close to the Guillermo Elder Bell Refinery in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Designed to supply 1,500 barrels per day – about 86 million liters per 12 months – it’ll change as much as 48% of the nation’s diesel imports.
Biodiesel is a extra sustainable, high-quality gas with decrease CO2 emissions. In Bolivia it is going to be made via the transesterification of vegetable oils. The uncooked materials for Plant I comes from plantations of oleiferous species, corresponding to soy, macororó, jatropha, totaí, cusi, amongst others, that are produced within the area. Different new agricultural frontiers are additionally being thought-about and new jobs might be generated within the Bolivian agro-industrial sector.
With investements of about USD$54.8 million, this primary plant was constructed by state-owned oil firm Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). There are different industrial crops below building:
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the Biodiesel Plant II in El Alto, deliberate so as to add 9,000 barrels per day,
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the so-called Plant HVO – Renewable Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil – that can convert kitchen oil into renewable diesel, and
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the Plant Pirólisis to deal with plastic trash.
Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Vitality Portal. Press launch Biodiesel Plant 1. 2024.
Nonetheless about Planta Biodiésel I, by clicking on the picture under you’ve gotten a 3 minutes YouTube video (in Spanish) from Noticias Positivas de Bolivia.
Earlier 2024, YPFB posted that an important equipments within the plant had been imported from Italy, Belgium, Brazil, India, Paraguay, Peru, China, Argentina, Turkey, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, India, Spain and Sweden. In different phrases, a really world challenge.
Bolivia has simply over 12 million inhabitants. With an space of 1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi) Bolivia is the fifth largest nation in South America, after Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia, and, alongside Paraguay, is without doubt one of the two landlocked nations within the Americas (supply: Wikipedia).
