Meeting the mandates set for liquid biofuels for transport in the Philippines
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Approximately three-fifths of energy in the Philippines comes from fossil fuels, followed by biofuels and waste and geothermal energy, and most of the fossil fuels are imported. The transport sector is the main consumer of fossil fuels in the form of gasoline and diesel. Given this, the Government of the Philippines established the Biofuels Act which sets out targets to produce ethanol and biodiesel to be blended with fossil fuels. This case study presents the biofuel targets, an assessment of selected bioenergy value chains and an overview of what would be required to meet the targets set by the policy. The bioenergy value chains assessed are sugarcane and molasses for ethanol production and coconut to produce biodiesel.