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Grant on biofuels
The U.S. State Department has allocated
US$1 million to the Organization of American States (OAS) Department of
Sustainable Development (DSD) for the purposes of supporting efforts in
several Latin American and Caribbean countries in the development and
use of biomass for modern energy services (i.e. biofuels and
electricity). This initiative is a component of the U.S.-Brazil
Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Biofuels Cooperation, signed in
Sao Paolo on March 9, 2007. [See
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/fs/2007/91399.htm]. Through this
partnership, the countries of El Salvador, St. Kitts & Nevis, Dominican
Republic, and Haiti will receive technical assistance in this area. The
OAS/DSD through its Energy and Climate Change Division will work with
each of the “third countries” to assess the feasibility of expanding
bio-energy production and to develop comprehensive policies and programs
the support the contribution of bio-energy to each country’s sustainable
development. For more information on this initiative, contact Mark
Lambrides at
[email protected].
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