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\"\"<\/a>Hong Kong magnate Stanley Ho is at it again. Not formulating a “Ho Plan” for Hong Kong energy security that centers around wind power, as the growing similarities between him and T. Boone Pickens<\/a> might suggest. Stanley Ho’s investment du jour<\/em>, while on par with his recently established eco-trend, will not be in Asia. Rather, the biofuel play will be located off of the Western coast of Africa.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Geocapita<\/a>l, a Macau-based investment holding company started in 2007 and comprised of partner investors Stanley Ho and Jorge Ferro Ribeiro, is in negotiations with the Government of Cape Verde to install a biofuels research and development center on the African archipelago, Portugal’s Lusa news agency<\/a> recently reported.<\/p>\n

The pair hopes to take advantage of Cape Verde’s experience producing biofuels from jatropha<\/a>, a crop that yields ten times the output of corn plants. Jatropha-based biofuel is considered one of the best candidates for future biofuel production, and has already been successfully tested as a substitute for jet fuel in commercial airplanes. The poisonous seed has a long history as a fuel source: in the early 1900s, it was exported to France and Portugal for use in streetlamps.<\/p>\n

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Ho and Ribeiro plan to plant jatropha in Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique<\/a>, where they also own biofuel production facilities, later this year, and start producing the biofuels within two or three years.<\/p>\n

Ho hopes to become one of the world’s top investors in biofuels, pledging nearly US$40 billion over the next ten years in biofuel production throughout Portugese-speaking countries. According to his firm’s estimates, Geocapital’s production is expected to reach 14 million tons per year within 10 to 15 years, roughly one-tenth worldwide production.<\/p>\n

As long as oil prices remain at their current levels, however, Ho’s biofuel play alone will not soon restore him from his current ranking of #703 on the Forbes billionaires list<\/a>, to within the top 150, where he previously reigned. Perhaps he should consider drafting a “Ho Plan” for Hong Kong, or China, just to be safe.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: MyPhotoIg via Flickr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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