Plans Made for 4th Bioenergy Debate; Partners Attend Regional Forum on Biofuels

November 23rd, 2009 Ginger Leave a comment Go to comments

The President of the National Energy Commission (CNE), Lic. Enrique Ramirez, personally approved the final report of the Third Bioenergy International Debate (October 7 – 9), which was organized and facilitated by the public sector NGO, the Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF) and the private sector market research company, ResearchPAYS, Inc.  The report is available in Spanish and English.  

CNE President Enrique Ramirez Addresses Forum

CNE President Enrique Ramirez Addresses Forum

Dr. David Stillman and Tom Kadala, MBA, leaders of this recently-formed public-private partnership, traveled to Santo Domingo to discuss the report and to work with the CNE and others to prepare for the upcoming Fourth Bioenergy International Debate, scheduled for December 3-4, 2009.    Along with Ambassador Federico Cuello and Rafael Fernandez, CEO of RJS Group, Stillman and Kadala took part in Sabado Agropecurio, a Dominican agricultural television journal, on November 21.  The interviewer was Manuel González Tejera.

L. to R:  Seated: R. Fernandez, Amb. F. Cuello, M. Gonzalez Tejera; Standing, D. Stillman, T. Kadala

L. to R: Seated: R. Fernandez, Amb. F. Cuello, M. Gonzalez Tejera; Standing, D. Stillman, T. Kadala

The partners also attended the 14th Regional Forum on Biofuels and Other Renewable Energies (XIV Foro Regional “Biocombustibles y Otras Energías Renovables), which took place from 18 – 20 November.  About 350 people from the region attended.  The forum featured national and technological updates on renewable energy in the region. It was organized by the Central American Integration System and its Alliance on Energy and the Environment in Central America.   The region includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; the Dominican Republic is an associate member.  See:  http://www.sica.int/ .  The governments of Austria, Finland and the European Commission supported the forum.

Forum participants also toured Fluitecnik Solar Republica Dominicana, which produces solar panels that are part of the national grid, and LineaClave Internacional, S.A., which produces and develops a retail market for natural gas.
Ing. Carlos Lubrano, D. Stillman and T. Kadala at LineaClave

Ing. Carlos Lubrano, D. Stillman and T. Kadala at LineaClave

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