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Argentina biofuels forum urges Deputies to pass bill this year, citing US$500M in investments
At the third Public-Private Biofuels and Bioenergy Forum in Córdoba, attended by more than 250 people, speakers urged Argentina's Chamber of Deputies to take up the new national biofuels law, which has already received half-sanction in the Senate, with the aim of having a new law in place by the end of the year. Senator Flavia Royón, chair of the Senate Energy and Mining Committee, said the bill would unlock US$500 million in investments, more plants and development in Salta, Tucumán, Jujuy, Córdoba and Santa Fe, and called the current framework a constraint, saying a more competitive framework should also cover biomethane and aviation fuel. Córdoba infrastructure minister Fabián López said the debate had moved from theory to the concrete possibility of a new legislative framework, describing the moment as pivotal after the Senate's half-sanction.