Horacio A. Irigoyen article in Clarin Rural
The author reviews global trends in demand for biofuels, the context in which Argentina has established itself as one of the largest producers. In addition, says the country can continue to grow in that direction, from investment in processing technology and the emergence of policies to encourage domestic demand.
The global wave of increased power demand for food is now with the increasing use of agricultural products as feedstocks for biofuel production. Our country, although no formal incentives, are also the main och axlar på detta område, eftersom för det innevarande året produktionen prognoser pekar på 3.200.000 ton, varav omkring två miljoner kommer att exporterades, så att Argentina är placerad i toppen av de exporterande länderna, framförallt biodiesel, som innehar en ledande ställning med USA, Frankrike, Tyskland och Brasilien. Han är för närvarande den fjärde största producenten.
Utredningar och prognoser för eventuell användning av biodrivmedel säger att de kan komma att betyda 35% av energitillförseln används av världen.
Under sådana omständigheter står inför vårt land just nu, var i den anmärkningsvärda increase in imports is precisely due to fuel and energy, is to highlight the role that suits the development of biofuels production capacity, increasing demand for agricultural products and can see with optimism to the markets.
Recently, in this regard, the sources with the Ministry of Science and Research of Spain that in this country (and in most of Europe), biodiesel is low due to imports of biofuels in Argentina.
Although there are several sources of raw materials for biodiesel production, there is an increasing use of soy for this, to the extent of the current year estimated that about 30% of oil production from this source will be directed to the production of biodiesel.
We believe that since last year to fuel production is pulled over two million tonnes, representing an increase of almost 60% compared to 2009. This, however, demand only about 18% of the use of soy to the industry.
Not only must we emphasize the importance of processors that customers of raw materials, but also the installation of generating an investment of 700 million dollars over the past four years. Currently underway is another important series of projects that would increase current capacity by one million tonnes, representing new investment for approximately $ 200 million. There are 23 plants operating the development of biodiesel in the country.
The weight of the product to increase the political goal of a steady increase in exports (particularly industry) shows estimates of INTA on the expected volume for 2011, according to the source, reaching values \u200b\u200bclose to U.S. $ 2.2 billion (an increase of exports of beef and offal).
Fuel Shortage, current global problem of increasing difficulty, obviously enough petrol. In this regard, the raw material used in the sugar industry, which is what makes investments (mills have invested $ 300 million in these projects).
But there are others to install new distilleries to produce ethanol using the original raw corn.
The current production of this fuel is about 100,000 cubic meters, although it is expected that this year the volume can be doubled (which would mean using some 2.5 million tons of cane).
As regards domestic demand must remember that 26 093 legal, obligation to cut diesel with biodiesel, currently at 7%, with possibilities of extending the cut to 10% in the short term. In the case of gasoline, should also reduce by 5% to bioethanol.
We must however be noted that a duty of the court of this share is not fully respected by the oil industry, especially for diesel.
In the case of gasoline, there is now a bulge of supply (which is not enough) and demand is the use of gasoline with ethanol widespread in the provinces of West and partly in the north-east of Cordoba, cuyo and north of the province of Buenos Aires.
The above is a reality and improve the potential of agriculture to integrate value chains increasingly diverse and important.
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