Jamaica Biofuels Report - Ministry of Energy

(a) What waste vegetable oils are of value as a biofuel feedstock;(b) Standards for waste vegetable oil that is supplied;(c) Collection procedures for waste vegetable oil;(d) Benefit to the supplier of providing or selling their waste vegetable oil (e.g.,potential disposal cost saving, possible revenue from sale, and corporate socialresponsibility and corresponding advertising benefits).6. Repair shop owners and mechanicsVehicle repair shop owners and their mechanics must be kept up to date as to the problemsthat biofuels may cause in vehicles and how to remedy them. Their understanding of theseissues is critical to ensuring biofuels work properly in vehicles. Their ability to communicatethose issues to their customers is critical to the success of the general public campaign. Thisgroup has been very receptive to ethanol use in vehicles because it is cleaner to work withand this group has been valuable in educating their customers.Issues to address:(a) What problems biofuels may cause in vehicles (updated as discovered);(b) How to fix those problems;(c) Common concerns their customers may have and how to address them.7. Used and new vehicle dealersVehicle dealers in Jamaica control the incoming vehicle fleet and their compatibility withbiofuels.Issues to address:(a) Which types of cars can use biofuel;(b) Details of the warranties for each vehicle when biofuels are used;(c) What the state of the biofuel industry is and what opportunities it presents for them(e.g. increasing numbers of FFVs are being purchased).8. Biofuel ProducersThis applies mainly to biofuel producers who are expected to buy feedstock from a farmer orconsolidator and produce biofuel to sell to fuel wholesellers. Biofuel refineries wouldprimarily be involved in the education and outreach campaign from the side of conductingeducation and outreach and providing information to others doing so. Pathways forinformation sharing about biofuel refineries processes and technology improvements arealready established and therefore outside the scope of this report. However, education andoutreach must also be conducted to this group to establish a dialogue on the outreach59