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SANTO DOMINGO.- The Government inaugurated a plant to produce gas and electricity using farm refuse as raw material, which will contribute to reduce the use of propane gas and to lower the electric bill.
A joint initiative of the Industry and Commerce Ministry (SEIC), the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD) and the company Koar Energy Resources, the plant operates in Bonao’s (central) Los Maestros district and is considered the first of its type in Latin America.
Their promoters said the plant will supply cooking gas to 288 houses, whereas the surplus will serve to generate energy which could be supplied to the Edenorte electricity distributing company. It will use husks from rice, coffee and cacao, oil palm and banana plants and other crops.
Senior officials and company executives took part in the inaugural of the plant, which Koar said will benefit farmers who’ll sell the raw material, housewives and the electricity industry, with an economic, non-polluting power plant to help the environment.
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Too many times, foreign and Dominican investors allow opportunities to slip through their hands when seeking solutions to the problems facing this nation.
Granted, some of these opportunities don't seem to have the"return on investment" that businesses seek, so they don't bother to explore these opportunities to their fullest. however, with the rising prices of petroleum being significantly affecting the economy, such a venture could very well be economically worthwhile as a substitute for the production vehicle of electrical power and cooking gasses.
Something to think about and act upon, isn't it???
TB
Good job.
Quit baiting people with your snide remarks, PLEASE.
TB
GC ...heed TB please
coconut husks you say?!? I s'pose one could put nearly any organic material inside and it would run?!? I'm guessing that some of our friends from the North Coast then could masturbate inside the thing and keep it running since they came to this country thinking that third world girls had no standards only to discover...oooh, turns out women recognize a chump no matter what passport he is carrying.
This is one of many links for the technology sir. not so sure about the seamen though wood mulch is mostlikely easier to come by...unless you know Beleial, He allways has some on his chin :)
TB
Maybe you should "Google" the use of "cooking oil" forconversion to "biodiesel" before you start commenting like that.
It is just as good as the"real stuff" but requires a bit of pre-processing first.
TB