The Philippines’ first biomethane fuel plant—a $50 million facility that turns wastes into transportation fuel—is expected to begin operations by the end of 2015, with construction ready to start in more than three months.

In a briefing held on Wednesday in Makati city, officials of Aseagas Corp., an Aboitiz Group company, said it has broken ground for its biomethane fuel plant project located in Batangas, south of Manila. It is the first such plant to be built in the country and the largest in Asia, with a 9,000 metric tons annual capacity.

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