The Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday called for more investments in ethanol production in the wake of a United Nations (UN) panel study citing that local oil companies are still hard put to comply with the required 10 percent ethanol blend (E10) for gasoline.

DOE Director Mario Marasigan admitted that local production of ethanol is insufficient for local oil companies to comply with the E10 requirement.

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