The Department of Energy (DOE), with the support of Japan’s New Energy Foundation (NEF), will host a workshop promoting the utilization of a biofuel database in the East Asia region.
The 6th Asia Biomass Energy Workshop, one of the activities under the Biofuels Database Project in East Asian Countries will be held from December 4 to 6 at the Seda Hotel, Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. The event will serve as an avenue for member-countries involved in making the database for exchanging technical information, experiences and best practices on the use and promotion of biomass energy (biofuels, biogas, etc.).
In 2009, the Biofuels Database Project established the East Asia Biofuels Cooperation Website (http://www.asiabiomass.jp/biofuelDB/). The project is one of the activities identified under the Japan Cooperation Initiative for Clean Energy and Sustainable Growth and part of the Energy Biofuels for Transport and Other Purposes work stream of the East Asia Summit Energy Cooperation Task Force (EAS-ECTF) in its goal to promote the preparation and collection of biofuels information in each EAS member-country.
The East Asia Biofuels Cooperation Website contains the basic energy information, biofuels policy, biofuels and feedstock supply potential, present status of utilization, markets and future outlook of member-countries, among others. The online database also provides information on the good practices on biofuel utilization and to share the knowledge of successful case histories in each country.
To date, thirteen countries have shared their database reports in the said website, namely; Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Philippines is the lead country for the project with support from NEF that established the website.