LUSAKA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Tuesday called for more private sector investment in the development of biofuels.
The government was encouraging private sectors' participation in the development of biofuels so the industry could grow, said the Minister of Energy Mathew Nkuwa, in remarks delivered during a policy consultative meeting on revising biofuels development.
The Zambian minister said biofuels could be a good alternative source of energy for the country, especially during the current period when the country was suffering from effects of climate change.
The government, he said, has made strides towards growing and diversifying the energy sector to serve the economic diversification agenda, and the government has so far established a pricing mechanism for bio-diesel.
According to him, there was need to invest in additional facilities to enable the blend of biofuels and fossil fuel nationwide as the country's sole oil refinery has no capacity to do so.
