KORO islanders are making use of the abundance of coconut trees and using their copra-making skills to produce enough energy to light up their homes and power appliances all year round.
This project has now made them energy independent, saving on fossil fuel usage.
Iowane Bale, the mill manager at the Koro Biofuel Mill located in Nacamaki Village, said theirs was one of the first biofuel project sites in Fiji, which cost $435,856 to establish in 2010.
"The mill produces an average of 520 litres of filtered oil per day from 1.2 tonnes of copra and operating for 240 days a year," Mr Bale said.
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This project has now made them energy independent, saving on fossil fuel usage.
Iowane Bale, the mill manager at the Koro Biofuel Mill located in Nacamaki Village, said theirs was one of the first biofuel project sites in Fiji, which cost $435,856 to establish in 2010.
"The mill produces an average of 520 litres of filtered oil per day from 1.2 tonnes of copra and operating for 240 days a year," Mr Bale said.
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