The first cassava based bioethanol plant in Panama was officially opened on September 10, 2011. The plant is capable of producing over 500 liters of 90% ethanol per day from fermented cassava.

Various media have reported on the opening of the ethanol plant, here are two examples:

http://www.fedebiocombustibles.com/v2/nota-web-id-884.htm

and 

http://biodiesel.com.ar/6241/inauguran-ubm-de-bioetanol-a-partir-de-yuca-en-panama

_{Opening of the first cassava based bioethanol plant in Panama (Santiago - September 2011)} 

The cassava based bioethanol plant (Santiago - August 2011)