Alternative Fuels Corporation

Alternative Fuels

The PNOC-AFC's operations are developmental and commercial in nature. The Corporation aims to meet the increasing local and global demand for biofuels and provide maximum returns while contributing to energy security, cleaner environment, job creation, and poverty alleviation efforts of the Philippine Government through biofuels production and utilization.

Philippine Biofuels Demand

Demand	Total Diesel (in Million Liters)	Mandated Blend (%)	Biodiesel Requirement (in Million Liters)
2009	6,684.20	2	133.68
2010	6,934.86	2	138.70
2011	7,194.92	2	143.90

 

Philippine Biofuels Demand

Demand	Total Gasoline (in Million Liters)	Mandated Blend (%)	Bioethanol Requirement (in Million Liters)
2009	4,162.16	5	208.11
2010	4,378.59	5	218.93
2011	4,606.28	10	460.63

Recognizing the magnitude and urgency of the mandate, the PNOC-AFC developed a roadmap that would facilitate the development and utilization of alternative fuels in the country specifically biofuels. As an initial step to the biofuels roadmap, the PNOC-AFC is putting forward a pioneering biodiesel project with the establishment of an integrated jatropha nursery, plantation, as well as biodiesel production and other related facilities.

The PNOC-AFC started its Integrated Jatropha Biodiesel Project to ensure stable and sustainable supply of feedstock and lower production cost while rendering utmost benefits/returns to the stakeholders. It began to serve as a catalyst in biofuels production using cheaper indigenous feedstocks. The Company has considered jatropha, a non-food crop, as its primary feedstock for biodiesel production.

To date, the PNOC-AFC has developed its own research-based and financially-viable business model with a strong collaboration with the academe, scientists and financial experts in the country. The PNOC-AFC intends to forge partnership with local and foreign investors on refinery and other alternative energy technologies.