Why BIOFUELS? Biofuels

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1 1 JATHROPA REVOLUTION Renato Marcos Labadan, Ph.D. Biofuels Biofuels are products of plants and animals which have undergone a series of processes such as esterification, distillation and mixed with petroleum fuel to reduce nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and particulates emitted by motor vehicles, machinery, etc. Why BIOFUELS? Petrol-based fuel cost are unstable Petrol-based fuel speedup global warming Petrol-based fuel induces health problems Biofuels Blends of ethanol (sugar cane) for gasoline; Fatty acid methylesters or FAME (edible oil and/or animal oil); and Vegetable-derived esters or VDEs (Jatropha curcas) for diesel.

2 2 JATROPHA CURCAS The seed of HOPE can produce energy locally can create a sustainable future for communities as well as sustainable income Common Name : Tubang Bakod Scientific Name : Jatropha curcas Linn Local Name : - Talantangan/ Tangan-tangan (Tagalog) - Tagumbau, Taua-taua (Ilocos) - Galumbang (Pampanga) - Kasla, tuba-tuba (Visayas) - Tuba (Ifugao, Bicol) - Takumbao (Zambales) Family: Euphorbiaceae Physical Features (Fruits) Leaves The seeds are blackish, thin-shelled and oblong. The fruits are ovoid Leaves are large, greenish, angular, 3 or 5-lobed and cm long. The apex are pointed while the base is heart-shaped with a long petiole.

3 3 Flowers The flowers are greenish white. A soft, woody shrub with a smooth gray bark which exudes a whitish colored watery sap when cut Normally grows from 3-5 m in height but can attain a height of up to 10 m under favorable growing condition. Known Uses (Medicinal) The sap, oil twig, wood, and leaves are all useful in healing wounds, bleeding, rheumatism and skin diseases. Industrial Use Toxic properties of leaves useful as fumigants for bedbugs. Seeds useful as rat poison, insecticide, and molluscide. Leaves, roots, and barks used as dyes and in making ink. Oil used as lamp oil and substitute for diesel oil.

4 4 Major Benefits Creation of business and employment opportunities Rehabilitation of unproductive, marginalized and wasted lands. Promotion of a clean and healthy atmosphere Foreign exchange savings through substitution (of imported crude) Contribution to efforts for energy security Rural Development Potential Employment generation (land preparation, planting, harvesting, soap production); Poverty reduction (selling seeds & cuttings, manufacturing of bi-products, biofuel production) Soil-erosion control (planting hedges); Energy supply for lighting and stationary engines in the rural areas Business Potential Lifetime Production Span Output (Fruits Production) Area = 1 hectare Total Trees per hectare = 2,500 trees Number of years before it bears fruit seedlings - 2 years cuttings - 6 to 8 mos. Production life span 30 to 50 years PRODUCTION / Tree / harvest 3 kilos for the 1st 2 years 4 kilos more for the 3rd to 50th year Number of harvest per year = 2 croppings Expected price per kilo = P10 to P15/kilo Therefore: 2500 trees x 3 kilos = 7,500 kilos/harvest 7500 kilos x 2 cropping/yr = 15,000 kilos/yr Expected Gross Income /Ha./Yr. 15,000 kilos x P15/kilo = P225,000/ha/yr

5 5 Low Risk, High Yield Investment Clearing and Development Cost: Php 100, per hectare Output : oil prod % crude oil 15,000 kilos harvest per yr x 30.31% = about 4.5 tons crude oil/ha./yr. Preparation, Planting and Harvesting Expenses Land Preparation Costs - 10, Planting Costs (Labor) - 5, Seedlings/Cuttings - 5, Maintenance Cost - 38, year - P18, year - 12, year - 8, Harvesting Costs - 5, Clearing & Dev t Costs - 100, SUB-TOTAL - P 163, PLUS Php 2.5M/per km of road Network ( dirt road) Includes road opening, gravel bedding, compaction, and grading Management Costs (5 %) Others processing costs, permits, patents etc. APPROXIMATE TOTAL EXPENSE = P200,000.00/HA. Investment per Hectare Minimum Investment per Hectare is Php 100, Minimum Investment Package 500 hectares Business Potential PRODUCTION/Tree/harvest 3 kilos for the first 2 years 4 kilos more for the 3rd to 50 years Number of harvest per year = 2 croppings Expected price per kilo = P P15/kilo Therefore: 2500 trees x 3 kilos = 7,500 kilos/harvest 7500 kilos x 2 croppings/yr = 15,000 kilos/yr 15,000 kilos x P1/kilo = P225,000/ha/yr P225,000 x 500 ha = P112,500,000.00

6 6 Target Investment Site General Tinio is the second largest municipality in Nueva Ecija. General Tinio, Nueva Ecija It has a total land area of 68, hectares. 82% (55,948 has.) of the municipality s land is forest, hills, and pasturelands and suitable to Jatropha plantation. more than 50,000 hectares potential area readily available for Jatropha plantation

7 7 Laur N.E. Palayan City Target Area Vicinity Grassland Fort Magsaysay Dingalan, Aurora Sta. Rosa Gen. Tinio San Leonardo San Miguel Bulacan Penaranda Our future is in renewable energy Each year, we import 94 percent of all our crude oil needs. The Department of Energy reports that the country s net oil import bill swelled to US$4.570 billion in the year Meanwhile, our oil consumption is projected to rise by more than 10 percent in the next decade. We are indeed at the mercy of constant world price hikes. B I O F U E L S An investment you cannot afford to miss. Biofuels are not only alternatives, but imperatives for the country s energy requirements as well as environmental and economic concerns. Invest in the future. Sen. Edgardo Angara

8 8 BAPI officers at the project site in Gen. Tinio, Nueva Ecija Officers of the Biofuels Association of the Philippines Inc. (BA PI) led by its president, Renato Marcos Labadan, Ph.D. (second from left), being inducted into office. The jatropha revolution starts by planting tuba-tuba on rice dikes, or what we call the pilapil. Thank You Biofuels Association of the Philippines, Inc.