As part of the monitoring of the strategic project for the installation of a ethanol plant in Tamaulipaspromoted by Governor Américo Villarreal Anaya, the Secretary of Rural Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Antonio Varela Flores, held a working meeting with the Undersecretary of Investment and Strategic Projects of the Ministry of Energy, Óscar Xitec Pérez Contreras.
During the meeting, key issues were reviewed on the development of biofuels, with emphasis on guaranteeing the profitability of the sorghum cultivation for producers and ensuring the supply required for the plant, estimated at 400,000 tons per year.
Varela Flores presented an analysis that contemplates production capacity per cycle, area planted by municipality and performance projections, with the objective of supporting the business plan and defining a reasonable price that guarantees economic viability for farmers.
He also delivered a technical proposal to establish a sustainable business model. Among the inputs requested by the Ministry of Energy is a historic of more than 10 years of the behavior of corn futures in the Chicago Stock Exchange, in order to evaluate price variability and reduce financial risks for producers and investors.
The Ministry of Rural Development is collecting this information, under the premise of maintaining the profitability of producers as a central axis to promote regional economic development and Agroindustrial projects sustainable
During the meeting, the possibility of expanding the project to include the production of bioturbosin, a biofuel Ministry of Energythis market has lower restrictions and greater expansion potential.
With these actions, Tamaulipas It is consolidated as a strategic state in the development of clean and renewable energy, strengthening collaboration between government, private initiative and country producers.
