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The PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation shall have the primary responsibility
over the Biofuels Project and shall
be the one to coordinate with the concerned agencies.”
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
NEDA/NAPC Cabinet
Meeting,
Malacañang Palace,
8 August 2006
The Biodiesel Program focuses on developing and utilizing domestically produced biodiesel, which will then be used to replace a portion of the country’s diesel requirements.The program is expected to reduce the country’s dependence in imported fuel, increase economic activity and employment in the countryside, and contribute to improved air quality by reducing air pollution.
Department of Energy
What´s New:
True to its mandate of promoting and accelerating the use of biofuels in the country to reduce dependence on imported fuel, the biofuels arm of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) - the PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), has signed a pact with the Ilog Diversified Multi-Purpose Co
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PNOC-AFC forged a 1,650-hectare jatropha deal with three grower-partners
The biofuels arm of state-owned Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), has signed a jatropha deal with three grower-partners for the establishment of an aggregate area of 1,650 hectares of jatropha plantations in Iligan City, and in the provinces of Bi
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PNOC-AFC inks a 2,000-hectare jatropha plantation development pact with Rodriguez, Rizal and a grower partner
The Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), the biofuels arm of state-owned PNOC, together with the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Rodriguez, Rizal and the Montalban Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative signed a tripartite agreement for the establishment of an aggr
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PNOC-AFC signs Jatropha Partnership with Tagkawayan Farmers
Continuing its efforts of boosting its nationwide jatropha project, the Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) signed a Production, Technical and Marketing Agreement (PTMA) with the Tagkawayan Jatropha Famers Multi-Purpose Cooperative on 09 February 2009 to cultiv
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PNOC-AFC announces new board members
The Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), the biofuels arm of state-owned PNOC, announces its newly-installed board of directors in line with this year’s new plans of actions to boost the country’s biofuels industry. In November 2008, Executive Secretary Edua
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Abaya resigns from PNOC-AFC for health reasons
The Office of the Chairman, Philippine National Oil Company – Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC), announces the resignation of President and CEO Peter Anthony A. Abaya effective October 9, 2008. The PNOC-AFC Board has accepted the resignation of Mr. Abaya. As early as April, Mr. Abaya has a
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PNOC’s biofuels unit acquires a jatropha expeller for its intensified R&D activity
Due to a volatile price of crude oil in the world market, the biofuels arm of state-owned PNOC underscores the need to fast track the development of biofuels in the country. The PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) has recently acquired a set of equipment necessary to get oil from jatropha,
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LMP-Rizal Provincial Chapter offers 600-hectare idle lands for jatropha
The members of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines – Rizal Provincial Chapter (LMP-Rizal) expressed their support in jatropha as a biodiesel feedstock and have offered 600 hectares of idle lands in Tanay for its propagation. “We believe in the alternative fuels program of PNOC-AFC and
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PNOC-AFC inks jatropha tripartite pact with Landbank and Quezon Province
Philippine National Oil Company’s (PNOC) biofuels arm – the PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation (PNOC-AFC) together with the Provincial Government of Quezon and the Landbank of the Philippines (LBP) signed a tripartite agreement for the establishment of jatropha nurseries, development of jatropha pla
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RP biofuels program: a model in the region -- Zubiri
MANILA – With record-breaking price of $122 per barrel of crude oil, people are left with no choice but to produce biofuels to survive in the future despite the food crisis. In his speech before the Biofuels World Conference in Dusit Thani, Makati City, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri underscored tha
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