Three projects for reducing dependence on oil.

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RECOPE (Costa Rican Oil Refinery) bets for projects to diminish the use of petroleum based fuels.

The biofuels, hydrogen for transportation and mixing fuel with LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) are on the top priority list of the Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) to reduce oil dependence in Costa Rica.

This project is inherited from the previous government; one of the initiatives is to analyze different combinations of fuels, for example, gasoline and diesel with LPG.

It is planned to start in 2013 with the opening of an engine group that is building the research and development department to evaluate different fuel blends and effects of its performance, emissions, efficiency, among others.

The main objective of the hydrogen project is to design and implement an experimental system for the production, compression and storage of hydrogen gas, the characteristics and results are relevant to the introduction of this fuel in the public transportation system in Costa Rica.

For that reason a preliminary agreement was signed between the AD AstraRocket and Refinery Company, which ended on April 12, 2012. The result was a technical document  on the technical feasibility of implementing a hydrogen storage system that will be made safe and a pilot for a joint task force of the RECOPE research area and AD AstraRocket.

Costa Rica already has an LPG station for several bus companies who already made the modifications to their vehicles.

From all the energy consumed in the country, about 68% comes from petroleum, a source more expensive and more polluting. Over half of these derivatives are consumed in the transportation sector.

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