Chile Authorizes Biofuel Blends for Transportation

10 May 2008

Chile’s National Energy Commission (CNE, Comision Nacional de Energia) has authorized the use of bioethanol and biodiesel blends, at 2% and 5% respectively, for transportation.

According to the CNE, the limits imposed on the mixtures are based on the ability of the Chilean vehicle fleet to run on these mixture levels without operational problems and the ability of the infrastructure to distribute the blends.

Currently, the country still has very few providers of biofuels, which are generated using a wide array of raw materials.  Production processes being developed in Chile employ used waste cooking oil, plant oils, animal fats, the jatropha plant and microalgae among others.