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Viewing cable 06LIMA4404, PERUQS SAMOAFIBER Q EXCITING NEW BIOFUEL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LIMA4404 2006-11-17 14:47 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Lima
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPE #4404 3211447
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 171447Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3013
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 0822
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 4106
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7088
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 2672
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 9931
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ NOV SANTIAGO 0943
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUMIAAA/USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
UNCLAS LIMA 004404 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/AND, WHA/EPSC, OES/STAS 
TREASURY FOR U/S TAYLOR, K. KOZLOFF, J. LEVINE 
STATE PASS TO EXIM 
DEPT OF ENERGY FOR S. LADISLAW 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION FOR CHARLES ESSER 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EPET ENRG ECON ETRD PE
SUBJECT: PERUQS SAMOAFIBER Q EXCITING NEW BIOFUEL 
 
1. (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. company is developing a 
promising new biofuel source in the Amazon. 
The Samoafiber reed is endemic to Peru and 
may be the fastest growing plant suitable for 
biofuel; the riverine grassQs cellulose is 
converted to a crude bio-oil that can then be 
converted to ethanol. SamoaFiber Holdings 
(SFH) has invested $2 million and seeks more financing. 
A few months ago, President Garcia announced GOP support 
through land concessions. Samoafiber could fit in well 
with USG and GOP strategies for alternative development 
to coca and job creation in the jungle.  END SUMMARY. 
 
 
SAMOAFIBER Q FASTEST GROWING CELLULOSE? 
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2. Gynerium sagittatum (called samoafiber, or 
in Peru cana brava) is a riverine grass found 
in the northern Amazon basin.  While growing wild 
in other nations, in Peru the plant forms vast 
monocultures.  Amcit William New, CEO of SFH, told 
us of his research to demonstrate that samoafiber can 
be successfully farmed.  Samoafiber produces 5,000 dry 
tons of cellulose per year per hectare (ha), four 
times more than the fastest growing wood and 12 
times more than other energy crops or 
agricultural waste material.  It grows at a constant 
rate year round. 
 
3. SFH is investing in Peru because of recent German 
technology that efficiently converts cellulose to a 
bio-oil which can be combusted for energy or converted 
to ethanol.  CEO New reported to us that Samoafiber 
costs considerably less to refine than sugar cane for ethanol. 
Samoa Fiber biofuel can be produced for $8.73 BOE (Barrel of 
oil equivalent).  A plantation of 15 ha would produce the 
energy equivalent of 3,000,000 barrels of crude oil annually. 
 
COMPARED TO ETHANOL 
------------------- 
4. According to CEO New, Samoafiber oil can be mixed 
with engine fuel to run cleaner and increase octane. 
It has many of the same characteristics of ethanol, 
but can be produced at a much lower cost Q or converted 
to ethanol.  SFH uses a relatively new but proven 
German technology called Fast Pyrolysis (FP).  FP is 
uniquely suited to combine with fast-growing samoafiber 
to provide a cellulosic crude oil to supply the 
gasification market.  FP uses heat to extract slurry from 
samoafiber that has the same energy content as low grade 
coal and a similar consistency to crude oil.  The refining 
units are fairly inexpensive (roughly $10 million/per unit) 
and the components can be transported fairly easily to riverine 
plantations. (NOTE: this part of the Amazon basin has few roads. 
Most commerce is by barge.  End note.) 
 
SFH INVESTMENT 
-------------- 
5. CEO New met with President Garcia and Minister of Agriculture, 
Jose Salazar in September.  New said both were supportive, and 
Salazar agreed to concession 25,000 ha in Ucayali, Huallaga, 
and Iquitos.   (Note: most land in riverine Amazon is untitled, 
aside from that reserved for indigenous communities.  End Note.) 
New invested $2 million in research and feasibility studies, 
and now seeks financing of an additional $9 million to begin 
farming and to build a pilot refinery, up to a total of $45 
million ultimately needed to build three refineries. 
 
6. Further information can be found at SFHQs website: 
www.sfiber.com.  Post ESTH officer Hal Howard, howardhh@state.gov, 
has additional technical data on samoafiber. 
 
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