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UK: Largest producer of energy crops in Africa
Source : biofuels-news.com
In Africa, more biofuel plantations can be traced back to British companies than any other country, according to an investigation by the Guardian. Of the total 3.2 million hectares of land used for biofuel crop cultivation in Africa, over 50% is owned by 11 British companies. Crest Global Green Energy is reported to own the largest amount of land - a total of 900'000 hectares in Mali, Guinea and Senegal. And in Tanzania, UK-based Sun Biofuels grows jatropha on 8'000 hectares of land. However, according to Norman Baker, the junior transport minister for the Liberal Democrat party, no more than 0.1% of the UK's biofuel is grown on African soil. But this percentage could increase as oil prices rise in the future.
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6 June 2011 |
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