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« on: January 25, 2008, 02:15:59 AM »

Are you looking for a business with less involvement and low cashout?
Are you looking for a good long term investment opportunity?
Are you looking for additional income?
Are you in search of something new that will hit it BIG in the industry?

Look no more my friends, because the NEXT BIG THING IN THE (BIO)FUEL INDUSTRY is now here and this is your opportunity to be involved and be a player of the fast growing biofuel industry!

With a projected profit yield of 20% after full operationalization of the project, your investment will surely earn you more than any traditional business or investment schemes out there.
And your income is not limited to it… you can earn more as the technology of this new industry keeps on improving and developing!
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2008, 02:17:22 AM »

Start Business Of Growing Green Fuel From Jatropha Energy Trees

Bio-energy, as a replacement for transport fuel can be alcohol, bio-oil or bio-diesel. Bio fuels are to reduce negative environmental effects through lower emissions and climatic impacts. Local production of bio energy is projected to have a broad range of positive economic, social and environmental implications. Upgrading eroded and deforested land, creation of employment and income is part of the argument. The national program wants to stop soil and forest degradation and its environmental implications, generate employment for the poor, in particular for women, reduce climatic change and improve energy security.

Bio-diesel, considered an equal replacement of petro-diesel (with 5% less efficiency), can be made after transesterification from virgin or used vegetable oils (both edible or non-edible). It is meant to be produced from Jatropha curcas. It requires little or no engine modification up to 20% blend and minor modification at higher percentage blends. The use of bio-diesel results in substantial reduction of un-burnt hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matters. It is considered to have ahnost no sulphur, no aromatics and has about 10% built in oxygen, which helps to bum it fully. Its higher cetane number improves the combustion quality. Almost all present emissions standards are expected to be reached with bio-diesel.

As a substitute for fast depleting fossil fuel. Bio diesel had come to stay. In future, it should also serve to reduce and maintain the price of automobile fuel. The under exploited and un exploited vegetable oils are good sources of biofuel. Our country is endowed with many such plants. Research is being carried out now to convert vegetable oils into biodiesel through biotechnological processes using biodiesel. With a concentrated and coordinated effort. Wide use of bio diesel in our country is going to be a reality in the days to come.




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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2008, 02:20:18 AM »

WHY IS IT A GOOD INVESTMENT?

Investing in the Bio fuel Industry is like investing in Makati and Ortigas Real Estate, when its price was still at ONE PESO per Square Meter.

People back then, thought that the businessmen who bought land there was just too damn crazy, they don't know what to do with their money anymore. But look at them now, who do you think is mooore craaaaaazy?  Ortigas and Makati Land, nowadays costs more than a 150,000  (Thousand) Pesos per square meter?

Same as with BioEnergy and the BioFuel Industry. People might laugh at us, the same way those ortigas and makati guys in the 70's did, because we sell shares of a young company. (But actually, buying shares of a young, well-planned company is a wise thing to do because we all know that the prices of the shares of that company will soon take off and will be a good asset.)

As for the Bio Fuel Investment, Daemler-Benz (the Producer/Owner of Mercedes Benz), has actually been successful, running one of their slightly modified car (MB C220 CDI) with a 100% Biofuel in it.

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Oil From a Wasteland - The Jatropha Project in India



The project was done on 2004, where everyone don’t know or care about the value of jatropha. UK and India pioneered in the research and development of jatropha curcas trees and now they are the reaping the seeds of their investments.

Invest in to something tangible. Something that your future would thank you and the generation after you, for being wise in grabbing your life's opportunity.
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2008, 02:22:05 AM »

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Deaprtment Circular No. DC  2007-05-006

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9367 (BIOFUELS ACT OF 2006)[/b]


Section 5.  Mandatory Use of Biofuels
Pursuant to section 5 of the Act, all liquid fuels for motors and engines sold in the Philippines shall contain locally-sourced biofuels components as follows:

5.2. Biodiesel
a. Within three (3) months from the effectivity of the Act, a minimum of 0ne (1%) biodiesel by volume shall be blended into all diesel fuels sold in the country.  Provided, that the biodiesel blend conforms to the PNS.
b. Within two (2) years from the effectivity of the Act, the NBB is empowered to determine the feasibility and therefore recommend to DOE to mandate a minimum of two percent (2%) blend of biodiesel by volume which may be increased after taking into account considerations including, but not limited to, domestic supply and availability of locally-sourced biodiesel component.

Section 7. Incentives under the Act.
7.1. To encourage investments in the production, distribution, and use of locally produced biofuels at and above minimum mandated blends, and without prejudice to enjoying applicable incentives and benefits under existing laws, rules, regulations, the following additional incentives are hereby provided:
a) Specific Tax.   The specific tax on local or imported biofuels component of the blend per liter of volume shall be zero.  For the purpose of availing a zero specific tax, local or imported bioethanol shall be suitably denatured into bioethanol fuel in accordance with existing revenue regulations.  The gasoline and diesel fuel component shall remain subject to prevailing specific tax rates.

b) Value Added Tax.  The sale of raw material used in the production of biofuels such as, but not limited to, coconut, jatropha, sugarcane, cassava, corn, and sweet sorghum shall be exempt from the value added tax.

The tax incentives provided under items (a) and (b) of this Section shall be subject to rules and regulations to be promulgated by the DOF.

c) Water Effluents.   All water effluents, such as but not limited to distillery slops from the production of biofuels used as liquid fertilizer and for other agricultural purposes are considered “reuse” and are therefore, exempt from wastewater charges under the system provided under Section 13 of RA 9275, also known as the Philippine Clean Water Act;  Provided, however, that such applications shall be in accordance with the guidelines issued pursuant to RA 9275, subject to the monitoring and evaluation by the DENR and approved by the DA; and

d) Financial Assistance.   Government financial institutions, such as the Development Bank of the Philippines, Land Bank of the Philippines, Quedancro, and other government institutions providing financial services shall, in accordance with and to the extent allowed by the enabling provisions of their respective charters or applicable laws, accord high priority to extend financing to Filipino Citizens or Entities, at least sixty per cent (60%) of the capital stock of which belongs to citizens of the Philippines that shall engage in activities involving production, storage, handling, and transport of biofuel and biofuel feedstock, including blending of biofuels with petroleum, as certified by DOE.

7.2. The appropriate government agencies shall issue the necessary guidelines for the availment of such incentives.


Rule 5.  Role of the Players in the Biofuel Industry
Section 22.  Oil Companies.
22.1. Blending of Biofuels.   Blending of biodiesel and bioethanol with diesel and gasoline fuels, respectively, shall be undertaken by the oil companies using appropriate blending methodologies at their respective refineries, depots or blending facilities prior to the sale of biofuel-blends to consumer / end-users.  Provided, that blending methodologies shall be in accordance with duly accepted international standards as well as guidelines issued by the DOE for this purpose:  Provided further, that oil companies shall ensure compliance of the biofuel blends with the PNS.

22.2. Supply and Distribution.   To ensure compliance of the minimum mandated biofuel blends with the PNS, oil companies shall observe the following guidelines, in addition to thwat may be prescribed by the DOE under subsequent issuances:
a) Supply of biofuels shall be sourced only from biofuel producers accredited by the DOE.  The procurement of biofuels may be covered by biofuels supply contracts or agreements;
b) Ensure proper logistics and application of appropriate technologies in blending, handling, transporting, and distributing biofuel-blends; and
c) Observe proper diligence in the supervision of company-operated, dealer-owned or dealer-operated retail service stations carrying their brand in order to ensure that the quality and integrity of PNS-compliant biofuels shall be maintained.

22.3. Supply shortage.   In the event of supply shortage of locally produced bioethanol during the first four-year period from the effectivity of the Act, oil companies may apply for the issuance of a certification to import bioethanol from the DOE in accordance with existing guidelines.

22.4. Reportorial Requirements.   For proper monitoring of the compliance by oil companies with this IRR, each oil company shall submit to the DOE the following reports:
a. Performance Compliance Report.   Every oil company shall submit on an annual basis a Performance Compliance Report containing its compliance plan with the minimum mandated biofuel blends as well as other information that may be required by the DOE.  Such report shall be duly certified and signed under oath by an authorized responsible officer of the oil company who shall personally attest to the veracity and accuracy of its contents.
b. Periodic Reports. The oil companies shall likewise submit periodic reports as may be required by DOE

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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2008, 02:25:02 AM »

 
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
 
The BioEnergy Farm Development Project is dual-registered with Securities and Exchange Commission & the Cooperative Dev’t Authority incorporated on June 28, 2007 with Certificate of Registration No. CS-200710204 . In addition, the BioEnergy Farms initiative is in support of  the initiatives of Department of Energy and the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources.

BioEnergy Farmshares are duly authorized by the CDA under the Department of Finance Registered on Sept. 12, 2007 with Certificate of Reg.No. K-623-6297 . Up to Php 50,000,000.00 worth of BioEnergy  Farms  have  been authorized by the Cooperative Development Authority under the Department of Finance for issuance to members of BioEnergy Farms MPC. After its full subscription, BioEnergy Farms will apply for an additional increase of authorized share capital of Php 257,000,000.00. A National Network of over 760 BioEnergy Farm cooperatives are planned under the 10-year Food & Fuel Forest Farming (F4) Program of the BioEnergy Group.

The Bioenergy is a Group of energy technology companies (currently composed of BioEnergy Farm Development Corporation and BioEnergy Farms Multi-Purpose Cooperative) creating the next booming industry combining  real estate, renewable energy, agri-business, banking and finance, marketing and distribution using the power of cooperative movement.


Our Vision
To unite people to be the collective catalyst for a self reliant Philippines in bio-fuel and phyto-food production powered by Bio Energy’s F4 (Fuel& Food Forest, Farming) Program


Our Mission
To develop 38,000 hectares of idle land through forest farming for fuel and food sharing its profit and benefits to its millions of Farm Share owners, rural workers and ecological entrepreneurs nationwide by the year 2018.


Our Strategy
To develop 38,000 hectares by 2018, we will establish a network of 760 nationwide cooperatives .Each Bio Energy Farm Cooperative contains a 50-hectare mini-forest planted with 135,000 high yield trees.


Our Team
Bio Energy Farms was formed by a group of socially aware and environmentally conscious individuals with a solid background in cooperative operations, community building, real estate development, network building, information technology, marketing , banking and financial services.

Romulo Pagulayan
Known to us as one of the “Fathers of Cooperativism”, Chairman Romy started  his government career 30 years ago with the Bureau of Cooperatives. He is also the Founder of First Eco Waste Management Corporation and Necronomicon BioOrganics. While he has taken Management courses at the Asian Institute of Management and the Ateneo de Manila University, he is most proud of his training as an Agronomist.

Adriel S. Mirto
A pioneer in the Philippine Information & Communication (ICT) industry, Adriel Has helped turn visionary ideas into reality, among them: Megaworld’s Eastwood Cyberpark (“the Silicon Valley of the Philippines”) , Unified Communications (Integrated voice/fax/email), Semicon (the Pioneer in Cellular Distribution), One Load (Universal PrePaid Loading systems), WorldWide Web Holdings, among many others. He is also the current Country Director of the Asian Alliance Against Global Warming, a non-profit Environmental NGO. His vision for BioEnergy Farms is to unite Filipinos to profit together while collectively developing the emerging Renewable BioEnergy industry.

Rudy Q. Corro Jr.
Graduating with honors from the University of the Philippines (Los Banos), Rudy is more than BioEnergy’s Chief Farming Officer. He is the Group’s leading advocate of community development and people empowerment. Apart from his consultancies with multinational agri-genetic companies, Rudy heads the BioEnergy farm management teams developing nationwide.

Dody Tagle
Having conceptualized and sold over P120 billion worth of real estate projects During his 25-year career as in Philippine real estate, Dody has the capacity to build a solid Market Development team that will turn BioEnergy’s FarmShare concept into a new multi-billion agri-energy sector.


Our  Goal
To develop individuals to become eco-entrepreneurs as Bio Energy Farm Share Owner all our members will achieve triple bottom line returns:
1.  SOCIAL ROI
  - Capacity building and Livelihood development with Micro-finance Program.
  - Provide Independent renewable energy in Bio Energy Farm communities.
  - Provide safe drinking source thru water treatment from Moringga (Malunggay)                                                                                                               

2. ENVIRONMENT ROI
  - Plant up to 100 Million trees (for the lifetime of the Program)
  - Reduce GHG emission thru carbon offset program.                                   
  - Land rehabilitation / Soil erosion prevention

3. ECONOMIC ROI
  - Share Capital dividends from collective farming, biofuel processing, product output,, micro finance program.
  - Patronage refund from consumer operations and savings fund program.
  - Financial freedom thru member-get-member Program   


Our  Advocacy
  - Poverty Alleviation
  - Stop Global Warming
  - Sustainable Agriculture
  - Life- changing Education


BioEnergy Farm Development Corporation
The Management Arm of BioEnergy Farms MPC

Suite 1609 Medical Plaza Ortigas, San Miguel Avenue
Ortigas Center, Pasig City , Philippines 1600.



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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2008, 02:26:56 AM »



BIOENERGY FARM SHARES 4-IN-1 INVESTMENT PLAN:
1. Share in the Future of BioFuel Energy. Pioneer in the raw BioFuel industry! In Energy farming, oil and money can grow on trees. Oil from Jatropha seeds are easily processed using our Trans-esterification process.
2. Share in the Profits of the Integrated F4 Program.  By owning Farm Shares, you own pro-rate profits from the 125,000 Jatropha Energy Trees, 5,000 Mango Trees and 5,000 Moringa Trees planted in every BioEnergy Farm under the Fuel and Food Forest Farming Program. Enjoy the fruits of managed farming – without the hard labor!
3. Share in Land Value.  Each Farm Share Unit (FSU) gives you pro-rated ownership of a 50-hectare BioEnergy Farm, to be planted with at least 135,000 high yield trees. Why profit only on the trees? Share in land value appreciation too!
4. Share in Cooperative Wealth.  Each Farm Share Unit (FSU) = 300 shares in BioEnrgy Farms Multi-Purpose Cooperative which projects dividends of 20-40% annually after full operationalization.


IN OWNING FARM SHARES, YOU ALSO…
A. Help stop global warming.  Every Farm Share is part of our Strategic Carbon Offset Program to plant 100 million trees in 10 years, absorbing billions of kilos of CO2 and other harmful Greenhouse Gas over 50 years.
B. Help people in the countryside. Farm Shares creates jobs and non-polluting rural economic development.
C. Help the national economy. Buying Farm Shares helps save dollars used to buy dirty fossil fuel.  Our F4 program instead produces exportable fruid and biofuel – a potential dollar revenue earner.


WHY IS IT A GOOD LONG TERM INVESTMENT?
1. Safe investment backed by land (real property) and trees are insured.
2. Invested in the sunrise BioFuel industry. The market demand is very high as compared to the present supply.
3. An Income-Generating Asset with higher potential profit yield as compared to traditional passive investments.
4. An Appreciating Asset (backed by lifetime increase in land value) that is fully transferable to heirs.
5. Secured by shares with cooperative voting rights.
6. Lifetime rights of income and ownership.


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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2008, 02:29:16 AM »



Bio Energy Group of Companies is a corporation and cooperative group formed in 2007 to implement a multi-billion peso 10- year national Fuel and Food Forest Farming (F4 ) Program with mass based participation throught the innovative cooperative FARM-SHARE ownership model.

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT
Every FARM SHARE ownership will be sub-divided in to(FSU)Farm share units that provides every owner a pro-rated share in profit or patronage refund of the following :

1.COLLECTIVE FARMING
from Jatropha ,Mango ,Moringa(Malunggay) and other herbs.

2.CONTRACT MANUFACTURING
product outputs Biofuel, glycerin, powdered moringga etc.

3.MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAM
Training and capacity building and livelihood program.

4.FARM SHARE REFFERAL PROGRAM
Member get member incentive program.

5.CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Patronage refund on use/sale of products (i.e. CERVOMAX, BioWellness, etc.)

6. CDM CARBON CREDITS
Very Soon !



FARM SHARE OWNERSHIP

Farm share ownership starts at 1 farm share unit to as many farm share units an investor wants or can afford. Every One (1) Farm Share Unit (FSU) is worth P30,000.

Easy Ownership Plan: Pioneering Promo
A. Spot Cash Payment : For spot cash payments, we have a limited offer of 10% discount which means you will only have to pay P27,000 for 1 FSU.

B. Easy Installment Plan: Minimum Downpayment of P4,800 and remaining balance payable in 36 months with PRE-APPROVED IN-HOUSE FINANCING and ZERO INTEREST RATE (P700/month for 36months)
(Waiver of installment in case of death or disability)

(COMPANIES ARE WELCOME TO ADOPT OUR PROGRAM AS THEIR CSR PROJECT)


PAYMENT OPTIONS:
1. PERSONAL APPLICATION AND PAYMENT AT OUR OFFICE:
Payment and Application Form can be filled-up in our office at:
Suite 1609, Medical Plaza Ortigas, San Miguel Ave.,
Ortigas Center. Pasig City, Philippines 1600

2. PAYMENT BY BANK OR WIRE TRANSFER:
Fill up the attached application form and send it back along with a scan copy of the deposit slip to us (before and after bank transaction) thru my email at brsece@yahoo.com (cc: company's email at bioenergygroup@gmail.com)

Banco De Oro Bank Acct.:
Acct name: BIOENERGY FARM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Acct No.: 000288033976
Acct Type: Current Account
Swift Code: BNORPHMM



See guys, your small investment can really get you BIGGER dividends as compared to any traditional business out there!
There are so many possibilities to earn money in this business.....
and I wouldn't want to be left out on this one if I were you!


INVEST NOW AND REAP YOUR REWARDS AND EARNINGS SOONER THAN LATER!!!
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2008, 02:31:47 AM »


LEGALITIES:


COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (CDA)
Promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and economic development in fulfillment of the mandate in Section 15, article XII of the constitution.

A proactive and responsive lead government agency for the promotion of sustained growth and full development of Philippine cooperatives for them to become broad-based instruments of social justice, equity and balanced national progress.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC)
To strengthen the corporate market infrastructure of the Philippines, and to maintain a regulatory system based on international best standards and practices, that promotes the interests of investors in a free, fair and competitive environment.


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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2008, 02:36:08 AM »

The Next Generation Sustainable Fuel

What is Bio Diesel?
The concept dates back to 1885 when Dr. Rudolf Diesel built the first diesel engine with the full intention of running it on vegetative source.

He first displayed his engine at the Paris show of 1900 and astounded everyone when he ran the patented engine on any hydrocarbon fuel available - which included gasoline and peanut oil. In 1912 he stated " … the use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may in the course of time become as important as petroleum and the coal tar products of present time."

Scientists discovered that the viscosity ( thicKness) of vegetable oils could be reduced in a simple chemical process In 1970 and that it could work well as diesel fuel in modern engine.

This fuel is called Bio- Diesel.

Since then the technical developments have largely been completed. Plant oil is highly valued as Bio fuel "Diesel" and transformed into Bio Diesel in most industrialised

Please  note!!!

This vegetable oil can be used as it is crushed – ie - unrefined in the engines of cars
This vegetable oil can be blended with normal diesel and used in cars.
This vegetable oil can be refined and sold as pure diesel

Refined it can be exported as a clean fuel to anywhere in the world.
Bio Diesel is asubstitute for, or an additive to, diesel fuel that is derived from the oils and fats of plants, like Sunflower, Canola or Jatropha.

It is an alternative fuel that can be used in diesel engines and provides power similar to conventional diesel fuel.

Bio Diesel is arenewable domestically produced liquid fuel that can help reduce the countries dependence on foreign oil imports.

Recent environmental and economic concerns (Kyoto Protocol) have prompted resurgence in the use of biodiesel throughout the world. In 1991, the European Community, (EC) Proposed a 90% tax reduction for the use of biofuels, including biodiesel.

Today, 21 countries worldwide, produce Biodiesel.


The Advantages of Bio Diesel
Bio Diesel is the most valuable form of renewable energy that can be used directly in any existing, unmodified diesel engine.

Energy Independence: Considering that oil priced at $60 per barrel has had a disproportionate impact on the poorest countries, 38 of which are net importers and 25 of Which import all of their oil; the question of trying to achieve greater energy independence one day through the development of biofuels has become one of ‘when’ rather than ‘if,’ and, now on a near daily basis, a biofuels programme is being launched somewhere in the developing world.

Smaller Trade Deficit: Rather than importing other countries’ ancient natural resources, we could be using our own living resources to power our development and enhance our economies. Instead of looking to the Mideast for oil, the world could look to the tropics for biofuels. producing more biofuels will save foreign exchange and reduce energy expenditures and allow developing countries to put more of their resources into health, education and other services for their neediest citizens.

Economic Growth: Biofuels create new markets for agricultural products and stimulate rural development because biofuels are generated from crops; they hold enormous potential for farmers. In the near future—especially for the two-thirds of the people in the developing world who derive their incomes from agriculture.

Today, many of these farmers are too small to compete in the global market, especially with the playing field tilted against them through trade distorting agricultural subsidies. They are mostly subsistence farmers who, in a good year, produce enough to feed their families, and in a bad year, grow even poorer or starve. But biofuels have enormous potential to change this situation for the better.

At the community level, farmers that produce dedicated energy crops can grow their incomes and grow their own supply of affordable and reliable energy.

At the national level, producing more biofuels will generate new industries, new technologies, new jobs and new markets.

Cleaner Air: Biofuels burn more cleanly than gasoline and diesel. Using biofuels means producing fewer emissions of carbon monoxide, particulates, and toxic chemicals that cause smog, aggravate respiratory and heart disease, and contribute to thousands of premature deaths each year.

Less Global Warming: Biofuels contain carbon that was taken out of the atmosphere by plants and trees as they grew. The Fossil fuels are adding huge amounts of stored carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, where it traps the Earth's heat like a heavy blanket and causes the world to warm. Studies show that biodiesel reduces CO2 emissions to a considerable extent and in some cases all most nearly to zero.


In Nut-shell:
.:.Bio Diesel is the most valuable form of renewable energy that can be used directly in any existing, unmodified diesel engine.
.:.Bio Diesel fuel and can be produced from oilseed plants such as rape seeds, sunflower, canola and or JATROPHA CURCAS.
.:.Bio Diesel is environmental friendly and ideal for heavily polluted cities.
.:.Bio Diesel is as biodegradable as salt
.:.Bio Diesel produces 80% less carbon dioxide and 100% less sulfur dioxide emissions. It provides a 90% reduction in cancer risks.
.:.Bio Diesel can be used alone or mixed in any ratio with mineral oil diesel fuel. The preferred ratio if mixture ranges between 5 and 20% (B5 - B20)
.:.Bio Diesel extends the live of diesel engines
.:.Bio Diesel is cheaper than mineral oil diesel
.:.Bio Diesel is conserving natural resources


The Process
The process of converting vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel is called Transesterification and is luckily less complex then it sounds.

Chemically, Transesterification means taking a triglyceride molecule, or a complex fatty acid, neutralizing the free fatty acids, removing the glycerin, and creating an alcohol ester. This is accomplished by mixing methanol with sodium hydroxide to make sodium methoxide. This liquid is then mixed into the vegetable oil. After the mixture has settled, Glycerin is left on the bottom and methyl esters, or biodiesel is left on top and is washed and filtered.

The final product Bio Diesel fuel, when used directly in a Diesel Engine will burn up to 75% cleaner then mineral oil Diesel fuel.


International Laws and regulation
Several countries have active Biodiesel programmes. Such countries also have given legislative support and have drawn up national polices on biodiesel development. Wide variety of motives for action taken can observe like

.:.Increase of energy supply security
.:.Reduction of dependence on fossil energy forms
.:.Reduction of harmful locally acting emissions.
.:.Protection of soil by biodegradable products
.:.Reduction of health hazard by using non-toxic products.

for more info you may pm and visit us in:


BioEnergy Farm Development Corporation
The Management Arm of BioEnergy Farms MPC

Suite 1609 Medical Plaza Ortigas, San Miguel Avenue
Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1600.

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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2008, 12:33:35 AM »

watch out for:
2008 PHILIPPINE ENERGY SUMMIT
SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia
January 29, 30, 31 and February 5, 2008

Theme:
$100 per Barrel : Crisis or Opportunity

Be part of the solution and not the problem,
Attend the summit and know more about alternative energy sources!



Read about the summit schedule and information about biofuel on:
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Business Section
January 29, 2008[/b]
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2008, 02:18:37 AM »

ENERGY SUMMIT IDENTIFIES "QUICK WINS"
MEDIA RELEASE
February 5, 2008

The 2008 Philippine Energy Summit held at the SMX convention center, Mall of Asia from 29-31 January 2008 identified some initiatives that apparently meet with some consensus (“green” initiatives). Some initiatives require additional information or clarification (“yellow” iInitiatives). Other initiatives are contentious and will require extended consultations and negotiations among the stakeholders involved (“red” initiatives).

The “color coding” of initiatives is a way by which DOE is scheduling the further processing of the outputs of the Energy Summit.

In the ADB follow-on workshops held to review the outputs of the Summit, the 120 DOE officials and resource persons from government, the private sector, and NGOs tentatively identified the following initiatives as priority initiatives that can already be pursued (“green” in the DOE lingo).

Power Cost

The top most concern that was raised during the pre-Summit are the following: Facilitating and ensuring true competition in the electric power industry; and making electricity rates competitive for the industry and business sectors. On the first concern, the solution offered was to revisit EPIRA and its implementation that will focus on, among other things, (1) appropriate threshold level of privatization of NPC generating assets and NPC-IPP contracts; exemption of the self-generation facilities in the imposition of universal change and certificate of compliance requirements of the Energy Regulation Commission, and the issuance of detailed Competition Rules.

On making electricity rates competitive, it was proposed that a concept paper on Performance-based Industry Competitiveness Fund be developed jointly by the DOE and DOF to help industry compete globally. There was also an agreement to accelerate open access and retail competition in PEZA economic zones as what the President has directed DOE during the Energy Command Conference in August 2007.

Another strategy that was identified was to better develop targeting of subsidies for the poor, which include the proposal to remove or exempt small island grids and missionary areas from the imposition of universal charge which is currently at P0.04 per KWH.
There is also a consensus that to lower rates, there should be a program to implement efficient electricity system management and consumption. To realize this, it was agreed that the Time of Use (TOU) program and pricing must be accelerated.

Oil Price

Tax is a significant component of oil prices. This has led some sectors to clamor for suspension, scrapping, or calibration of the implementation of RVAT as the major means of mitigating the impact of high prices.

However, tax revenue is the lifeblood of government. A compromise initiative is for government to develop a targeted-expenditures scheme for pro-poor projects from oil tax collections. This can include credit, entrepreneurial, and lifeblood scholarship programs for, say, children of public utility drivers. Tax revenue can also be used to support infrastructure development, improvement, as in the case of highways.

Promoting Renewable and Alternative Energy

The immediate actions recommended to promote renewable and alternative energy include the following: improvement of RE and AE policies anchored on the passage of the Renewable Energy Bill and the National Biofuels Program, the creation of a “one-stop-shop” for sustainable energy projects, the improved access to financial packages, and capacity building initiatives. Strengthening public and private sector partnership in promoting RE and AE is envisioned to serve as the key means for ensuring the installation of some 2,500 MW renewable energy facilities by 2025, and the utilization of biofuel blends of at least 2 percent biodiesel and 10 percent bio-ethanol blends by 2009 and 2011, respectively. This can be complemented by the start of commercial operation of public buses fueled by compressed natural gas and the expansion of taxi operations utilizing auto LPG as fuel.

Promoting Energy efficiency

In the area of energy efficiency, among the priority proposals are a major retrofit program for commercial, industrial, and residential sectors, public transport leasing, the expansion of mass transport systems, the promotion of non-motorized technologies, the rationalized operation of tricycles, and an aviation fuel efficiency enhancement program.

Accelerating investments in oil and gas exploration

Among the issues and concerns that were raised during the workshop by the stakeholders, which consisted mainly of petroleum companies, the principal item was their problem in securing the permits and approvals from various government agencies and local government units (LGU), as well as from the non-government organizations (NGO) and the host communities, in order for their petroleum exploration and development to proceed. The initiative that was presented to deal with this issue is for the Department of Energy to set-up an Energy Investment Center, a unit that would serve as a one-stop shop for petroleum investors that would provide them assistance in dealing with stakeholders on the social, environmental and security issues of their operation and concerns with other government agencies.

Social Mobilization

In the area of social mobilization, one of the key concerns expressed in the Summit was the need for a platform for convergent cross-sectoral actions on energy issues. Among the initiatives that have been identified are the development of a decentralized multi-stakeholder energy planning system, a campaign for a mind and behavior “switch” towards energy conservation, alternative energy, and renewable energy, formulate and advocate an energy policy agenda at both national and local levels, create multi-stakeholder implementation mechanisms, and develop capacity

Performance Monitoring


The main concern relating to performance monitoring is the lack of a cross-sector performance monitoring system for energy. Among the initiatives in this area are the formulation of a cross-sector performance monitoring and feedback plan, the formulation of cross-sector performance indicators and standards, the establishment of a cross-sector performance monitoring and feedback system that will conduct a cross-sector performance baseline, build a database, and establish an awards and incentives system. Also, capacity development in performance monitoring needs to be undertaken for the various stakeholders. An immediate concern to be addressed is how to inject transparency in the sharing of energy information so that it is more widely available to all the stakeholders.

The performance monitoring system will build on existing indicator systems for energy, as well as the Organizational Performance Improvement Frameworks of agencies belonging to the energy family.

Carbon Tax

The Summit generated a lot of controversial ideas about how to solve the country’s energy problems. While seemingly unfeasible, they caught the attention of many as merely being “ahead of their time”. One such example of a “yellow” or “green” initiative is the proposal for a carbon tax. Much of the discussions at the Summit revolved around ways of reducing the prices of oil products by eliminating tariffs and value added taxes on them. A radically different view however also came out of the Summit with a proposal to, instead, raise taxes on all products that emit carbon and abolish income taxes. The logic of this proposal is that taxes on oil products effectively penalize polluters and discourage consumption of polluting products like diesel or coal. Moreover, such higher prices for oil products will encourage development of the alternative fuels that offer the long-term solutions to the country’s energy problem.

The Energy Summit generated more than 100 initiatives to address energy problems. These initiatives came from the various sector represented – the oil industry, industry and export sector, the transport sector, the consumer sector, and the labor sector.

“One Summit will not solve the energy problems of the country,” Secretary Reyes pointed out. “The Summit was a good start that allowed us to address the energy problems in concert.” In extracting the voluminous and varied inputs from the stakeholders, the DOE has the obligation to give these inputs careful attention and consideration in formulating the country’s energy program of action.
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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2008, 02:57:05 AM »

BIODIESEL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES VS CONVENTIONAL DIESEL
Ø   High Cetane  (>50  vs.  42)
Ø   Flash point  (250 oF  vs.  150 oF)
Ø   Virtually Zero Sulfur  (Avg ~ 2ppm)
Ø   No Aromatic Content
Ø   Superior Lubricity
Ø   Integrates into existing petroleum infrastructure

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES
Ø   Energy Balance – for every one unit of energy needed to produced biodiesel, 3.2 units of energy are gained.
Ø   Biodegradable and Non-Toxic – Test sponsored by USDA confirm that biodiesel is safer than diesel and biodegrades as fast as dextrose, a test sugar.
Ø   Greenhouse Gases – A 78% life cycle decrease in CO2 according to a USDA and DOE study

ENHANCED LUBRICITY
Ø   Equipment benefits
-   Superior lubricity
-   B2 has up to 66% more lubricity than #2 Diesel
Ø   EPA requires sulfur reduction in 2006
Ø   No overdosing concerns

INCREASING OEM SUPPORT
Ø   Diesel powered Jeep Liberty to have fill of B5
Ø   DaimlerChrysler approves B20 in 2007 Dodge Ram pickup’s used in fleets.
Ø   GM working towards B20
Ø   VW plans to promote the use of B5 in its 2006 VW Jetta TDI
Ø   EMA and NBB working jointly on B20 specifications.

REASONS FOR INDUSTRY GROWTHØ   Strong Diesel Prices
Ø   Blenders Tax Credit in place
Ø   Energy security
Ø   State legislation

RANKED IMPORTANCE OF BIODIESEL BENEFITS FOR USE CONSUMERS
1. Energy security----------   32%
2. Health --------------------- 26%
3. Environment--------------   21%
4. Economic ----------------- 21%
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Scientists at the University of Leeds are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to produce.

Biodiesel “ motor fuel derived from vegetable oil - is a renewable alternative to rapidly depleting fossil fuels.

It is biodegradable and non-toxic, and production is on the up.

But for each molecule of biodiesel produced, another of low-value crude glycerol is generated, and its disposal presents a growing economic and environmental problem.

Now researchers at Leeds have shown how glycerol can be converted to produce a hydrogen rich gas.
Hydrogen is in great demand for use in fertilisers, chemical plants and food production.

Moreover, hydrogen is itself viewed as a future • clean’ replacement for hydrocarbon-based transport fuels, and most countries currently reliant on these fuels are investing heavily in hydrogen development programmes.

The novel process developed by Dr Valerie Dupont and her co-investigators in the University's Faculty of Engineering mixes glycerol with steam at a controlled temperature and pressure, separating the waste product into hydrogen, water and carbon dioxide, with no residues.

A special absorbent material filters out the carbon dioxide, which leaves a much purer product.

“Hydrogen has been identified as a key future fuel for low carbon energy systems such as power generation in fuel cells and as a transport fuel.

"Current production methods are expensive and unsustainable, using either increasingly scarce fossil fuel sources such as natural gas, or other less efficient methods such as water electrolysis.”

“Our process is a clean, renewable alternative to conventional methods.

"It produces something with high value from a low grade by-product for which there are few economical upgrading mechanisms” says Dr Dupont.

“In addition, it’s a near ‘carbon-neutral’ process, since the CO2 generated is not derived from the use of fossil fuels.”
Dr Dupont believes the process is easily scalable to industrial production, and, as the race towards the ‘hydrogen economy’(1) accelerates, could potentially be an economically important, sustainable “ and environmentally friendly •“ way of meeting the growing demand for hydrogen.

Dr Dupont" s research has been funded with a £270k grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under the Energy programme, and is in collaboration with Professors Yulong Ding and Mojtaba Ghadiri from the Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, and Professor Paul Williams from the Energy and Resources Research Institute at the University.

Industrial collaborators are Johnson Matthey and D1-Oils.
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« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2008, 10:39:06 PM »

Dyno test done on Biodiesel vs Diesel #2.

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/general/0704dp_living_with_biodiesel/index.html

Diesel #2:
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Our first pulls on the dyno netted us 186 hp (Stock), 223 hp (Tow), and 244 hp (Race)while torque came in at 352 lb-ft (Stock), 410 lb-ft (Tow), and 454 lb-ft (Race).

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When the smoke cleared and we were sure we were running biodiesel, we made threemore runs in Stock, Tow, and Race, which netted us figures of 199 hp, 223 hp, and 244hp. Torque seemed to improve slightly at 385 lb-ft, 420 lb-ft, and 459 lb-ft.
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Comparingthe Tow/Race pulls on #2 with those on biodiesel showed almost no difference in power,while biodiesel seemed to have a slight edge in torque.


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Biofuels scored big lately when Fields of Fuel wins audience award in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and became the most talked about movie in the festival. This is a documentary in farming fuel and using biodiesel in lieu of the expensive and unhealthy oil. Although I haven’t seen the film itself, the trailer and the concept is really interesting to the point of views of both environmentalists and businessmen/eco-entrepreneurs.

Documentations include global warming, the evolution of engines (from Henry Ford and Rudolph Diesel), the dominance of cheap oil and its lingering effect on our environment, economy and health and the steps taken by concerned groups towards alleviating that effect.  President Bush was quoted saying America has been so addicted with oil and That addiction is synonymous to addiction to speed, gas guzzling muscle cars and SUV’s. The movie also marks the start of a revolution for cleaner fuel much like the 60’s swinging era. The movement is slowly gaining momentum and this is a great way to boost the pace of worldwide awareness and participation.

With the success of the film, comes the retrospection of how we are living the good life right now. Modern technology has eased our life and brought comfort and mobility to all of us. But as we look around, I hope we see the darker side of it. We have been so engrossed with the convenience of modern technology that we have forgotten or disregarded what it really brought us. We have been enjoying the comfort of air-conditioning and fail to remember how it was when we are all breathing clean and natural air. We have been enjoying the mobility of modern transportation that we have chosen not to see the pollution and environmental hazards that comes with it. We have been living a full life with all the technological advancement and yet we fail to see how we are slowly being enslaved to it. We have been reaping the fruits of these advancements that we have wantonly neglected the negative effects of it in our environment, our health and our children’s future.

As with every movement, there will always be resistance and resistance is great in this one. But in so doing and as we move along, what I beg for us to consider is that we put the best interest of all first before economics comes to play. For what use is a good economy if the people wont benefit from it. What good is money gained when death comes with the pursuit of it

President Kennedy said, “So, let us not be blind to our differences -- but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”

We must start to make the difference we wish to see. We must start even if it seems small and insignificant for big things always comes from the accumulation of small things. We must lead the way to make the change until the leaders follow us. Clean and green technology is the best option to alleviate the growing environmental, health, economic and social concerns for these are all interconnected to each other. Biofuels are the best step towards our own security and independence because homeland security begins with homeland fuel.

Join the movement! Join us, be the change and live a better life!

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