Biodiesel Development and Jatropha plantation project in Pakistan
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 4 Diesel Demand in Pakistan....................................................................................................................... 5 Rationale behind a renewable alternative ............................................................................................. 10 Rationale behind the simultaneous development of biodiesel in Pakistan ............................................. 13 Biodiesel: A Technical Introduction ........................................................................................................ 15 Advantages........................................................................................................................................ 16 Disadvantages ................................................................................................................................... 17 Potential Feedstocks.......................................................................................................................... 18 Biodiesel in Europe, USA and India ........................................................................................................ 21 Production and the choice of feedstock ............................................................................................. 21 Government Interventions ................................................................................................................ 22 Biodiesel in Pakistan ............................................................................................................................. 24 Production and the choice of feedstock ............................................................................................. 24 Government Interventions