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Alta Vista Securities Announces a Joint Venture for a Bioenergy Venture in the Philippines

(PR-USA.net)     The project will be engaged in jatropha production and biodiesel processing venture in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of the Philippines. The target aggregate plantation area is 110,000 hectares divided into clusters of 10,000 hectares per clsuter.

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Thai Airways Starts Biofuel Flights

by Garry Robertson   (Carrentals.co.uk)  ...In fact, this carrier will now be the first airline in all of Asia to undertake a commercial passenger flight using only biofuel. Reports show that this flight will be available starting December 22 of this

December 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Implications of Biodiesel-Induced Land-Use Changes for CO2 Emissions: Case Studies in Tropical America, Africa, and Southeast Asia

by Achten, W. M. J., and L. V. Verchot (Ecology and Society)  Biofuels are receiving growing negative attention. Direct and/or indirect land-use changes that result from their cultivation can cause emissions due to carbon losses in soils and biomass and could

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd.: Update on Acquisition of Plantations

(AMG/MarketWire)  AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ABG), a Canadian publicly traded company, wishes to provide an update on the progress of its acquisition of a 133 hectare jatropha plantation and a 201 hectare eucalyptus plantation, and the

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

A Day in the Life of Biofuels, 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest announced the winners of its “Day in the Life of Biofuels” photo contest, and published the winning entries. ...Grand Prize and First Prize winners have been published at biofuelsdigest.com, with Second and Third Prize

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Philippine Senator wants accountability on failed bio-fuel project

(SunStar)  Senator Francis Pangilinan has called on the Department of Agriculture to look into the P1 billion that the government lost to an abandoned project to produce biodiesel from jatropha plants. The Philippine National Oil Company-Alternative Fuels Corp. announced in October

November 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Firm Nandan Targets 25 Percent Sales Rise

(Reuters)  India-based biofuel producer Nandan Cleantec expects to grow sales by at least 25 percent every year till 2014-15, on the back of strong demand for its high yielding variety of oilseeds, a top executive said. Nandan develops hybrid varieties of

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Indonesian, Taiwanese Venture to Develop Jatropha-Based Biodiesel

(Soya Tech)  Indonesia's Confederation of Primary Cooperatives Association (Inkud) is teaming up with Taiwan in developing jatropha curcas-based fuel, its vice president director Yusri Suhud said. "We are cooperating with Taiwan to develop jatropha curcas as an alternative fuel," he said

November 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Feedstocks – Who’s Got Game?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As POET lands a record biomass harvest in prep for a 2013 cellulosic ethanol launch, the Digest looks at stover, jatropha, miscanthus, switchgrass, MSW, wood and animal residue.  Are costs going down, and capacity going

November 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Plant Will Collect Grease in Oakland, CA

(UK.IBTimes)   A biodiesel plant that's completely energy self-sufficient has been approved for the Oakland, California area. Oakland-based Viridis Fuels won a long-term contract from the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to build a 20 million gallon per year biodiesel processing

November 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Race for Scale: United, Alaska Airlines Launch Commercial Aviation Biofuels Flights

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  United and Solazyme, Alaska and Dynamic Fuels hook up, as producers scramble to make fuel, raise cash, ratchet down costs. Will producers scale, or fail? ...United Airlines will operate the first U.S. commercial flight powered by

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Increases Jatropha Oil Supply by 4.7 million Barrels Completing the 2011 Planting Season

(Mission NewEnergy)  Mission NewEnergy Limited, a global provider of environmentally sustainable biofuels, is pleased to announce that it has materially completed its 2011 Jatropha tree planting season, adding 40,264 new acres and 14,331 new Jatropha contract farmers. The Company has

November 04, 2011 Read Full Article

China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight

by John C.K. Daly (http://oilprice.com)   On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The Jet A-1 biofuel kerosene used in the flight was derived from

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha Biodiesel, “One of the Best Alternatives” for the American Continent

(Costa Rica News) This has been the conclusion of the videoconference “Presentation of the Jatropha curcas L. network for investigation, development, and innovation in the production of biodiesel in Latin America and the Caribbean,” organized by the Hemispheric Program in

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

UK Firm's Failed Biofuel Dream Wrecks Lives of Tanzania Villagers

by Damian Carrington (The Guardian/The Observer)  The collapse of Sun Biofuels has left hundreds of Tanzanians landless, jobless, and in despair for the future "People feel this is like the return of colonialism," says Athumani Mkambala, chairman of Mhaga village in rural Tanzania.

November 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Air China, Boeing and Industry Partners Conduct First Chinese Sustainable Biofuel Flight

(PR NewsWire)  Air China, Boeing , and Chinese and U.S. aviation energy partners today conducted China's first sustainable biofuel flight. The two-hour mainland flight from Beijing Capital International Airport was witnessed by officials from both countries and highlights the viability of using

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Tanzania: Sun Biofuels Jatropha Project in Kisarawe Suspended

by Finnigan Wa Simbeye    (AllAfrica.com)  An ambitious biodiesel project which was allocated over 8,000 hectares of land by Kisarawe district officials in 2008 is in trouble. Employees and casual workers of Sun Biofuels Plc, told Business Standard last weekend that work

October 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha as Alternative Fuel a Bust

by John Lourenze Poquiz (Mayaya Business Insight)  The government is set to abandon its program of promoting jatropha as an alternative fuel source, an official said. Energy Secretary Jose Rena Almendras said the Philippine National Oil Co. Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC),

October 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha a 'Disappointment', D1 Oils Admits

(Agrimoney.com)  D1 Oils put its hands up to out-of-pocket investors in jatropha, admitting that the once-lauded oilseed had been a "disappointment", as the group unveiled – yet another – strategy shift. Steven Rudofsky, the D1 Oils chairman, acknowledged that the oilseed, which a

October 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Madagascar: Don't Revoke Jatropha Licence, Tana Leaders Plead

by Henry Wanyama  (AllAfrica.com)  Tana River councillors have asked the National Environmental Management Authority not to revoke a biofuel project licence in the area. Led by Tana River County Council chairman Salim Golo, they said they are happy with the

September 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Singapore Airlines Looks to Biofuels as It Becomes Latest Airline to Join Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group

(GreenAirOnline)  Singapore Airlines has become the latest member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) that was set up in 2008 to accelerate the development and commercialisation of lower-carbon renewable aviation fuels derived from environmentally and socially sustainable sources.

September 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Fraunhofer Opens Center for Systems Biotechnology in Chile

(EurekAlert!)  The Fraunhofer Center for Systems Biotechnology is the first research center to be launched by the Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation which was established on October 4, 2010. The research carried out at the new Center will benefit from and

September 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Nigeria: Varsity Develops Equipment for Producing Biodiesel

(AllAfrica.com)  The University of Benin through its National Centre for Energy and Environment (NCEE) has developed an equipment for the production of biodiesel. The Director of NCEE, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, made the disclosure in an interview on Monday in Benin. Ezemonye said the

September 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Uttarakhand to Replicate Kiwi Biofuel Experiment

by Shishir Prashant (Business Standard)  Ruchi Soya, an oilseed company, with a Rs 13,000-crore turnover, wants to replicate the experiment done by New Zealand — of using biodiesel as an alternative green fuel from Jatropha plants, to successfully fly airplanes. For this

September 20, 2011 Read Full Article

How To Choose What To Plant For Biofuel

By: Sarah Zielinski  (Smithsonian Magazine)   If one of the goals of growing plants for biofuel is to be kinder to the environment than you are by extracting oil from the earth, you wouldn’t want to plant anything that could be harmful to

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Air

by Vivienne Raper  (Wall Street Journal)  Jumbo jets powered by chip fat and algae could be appearing on the horizon soon ...But behind the eye-catching headlines, debate rages about whether enough cheap fuel made from renewable organic materials could be produced

September 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Petitions US Regulator for RFS2 Approval of Its g-Palm Biodiesel

(MarketWatch/Mission NewEnergy)  Mission NewEnergy Limited , a global provider of environmentally sustainable biofuels, has announced the in-house development of an improved palm oil supply chain process called "Mission g-Palm" that maximizes green house gas savings when producing g-Palm Biodiesel. Mission has

September 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatenergy Sells Jatropha Oil to Lufthansa

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  Australia-based Jatenergy Ltd. recently announced that it has sold 200 metric tons crude jatropha oil at $1,000 per metric ton to Lufthansa, a Germany-based airline, for use in its long-term trial of renewable jet fuel.

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Neste Oil Launches Joint Algae Research Program

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Finnish renewable diesel producer Neste Oil has launched a joint algae research program with the Marine Research Centre at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) in an effort to further expand its feedstock portfolio by potentially

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

From the Parliament: Opposition Warns against Rukwa Bio-Fuel Project

(The Daily News)  THE government has been warned against allocating over 320,000 hectares of prime land in Rukwa Region to an American agro-firm, Agrisol Energy, which is seeking to undertake large scale commercial farming for food, livestock, and jatropha for

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels Teams with JETBIO and Aviation Leaders to Deploy Jatropha for Bio Jet Fuel in Brazil

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels (SGB) today (September 13, 2011) announced it has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Australian Firm to Provide Jatropha Biofuel to Lufthansa for Testing

by Joao Peixe  (OilPrice.com)  Australia’s Jatenergy Limited energy company is to provide crude jatropha oil to Lufthansa for flight trials. The Lufthansa tests are the world’s first, long-term trial of renewable jet fuel and will be used on Lufthansa’s regularly scheduled

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

AMG Bioenergy Launches Jatropha, Eucalytpus Venture in China

(StreetInsider.com/AMG Bioenergy)  AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd., ... a Canadian publicly traded company, announces that it has incorporated AMG Bioenergy Plantations Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary corporation incorporated under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Subsidiary"). The

September 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Bedford Biofuels Threatens Kenya's Tana Delta

(Nature Canada)  Nature Canada is concerned that a Canadian company – Bedford Biofuels – plans plans to set up a jatropha tree plantation in Kenya's Tana Delta, an area that provides refuge for 350 bird species. ...The latest news from our

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Signs Biodiesel Supply Deal with Global Oil Major

(Clean Technology Business Review)  Mission NewEnergy has signed a contract to supply sustainability-certified biodiesel to a global oil major. The six-month contract will begin in January 2012 and is expected to generate revenue in excess of $40m. Mission NewEnergy group CEO Nathan

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

China’s Vision for Renewable Energy: The Status of Bioenergy and Bioproduct Research and Commercialization

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt, Paul Thiers, Johnway Gao, Sharon Shoemaker, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Julie Carrier, Joy Doran-Peterson, John Morgan, Guangyi Wang, Pierre Christian Wensel, Shulin Chen  (Journal of International Commerce and Economics)  The Chinese government is vigorously promoting commercialization of renewable energy and bioproducts, given environmental issues plus food, energy, and national security concerns,

August 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Nandan Bio in Biodiesel JV with BPCL, Shapoorji

by Bv Mahalakshmi  (The Financial Express)  Nandan Biomatrix Ltd, an integrated R&D company for neutraceuticals and medicinal plants, has signed agreements with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Shapoorji and Pallonji Ltd to form a JV company for producing biodiesel

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

The Great Jatropha Race

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  With new research on environmental and biomedical benefits of Jatropha is appearing regularly, it’s no wonder that the race for patents is heating up, and fast. Last year Mission New Energy began a joint venture

August 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Karnataka's Second Bio-Diesel Plant to Come up Near Devanahalli

by Aparajita Ray  (Daily News and Analysis)  A bio-diesel manufacturing unit with a 50-tonne daily capacity will be set up near Devanahalli in four months, Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board chairman YB Ramakrishna told DNA on the sidelines of a World

August 16, 2011 Read Full Article

SMBTA News: Mission NewEnergy Provides Entrepreneurship for Indian Farmers and Sustainable Biofuel for Air Travel

(Yahoo!Finance)  At a time when the global economy is in need of every boost possible, Mission NewEnergy ... is teaching impoverished farmers in India how to operate a small business by cultivating Jatropha plants for world consumption. Over 1,940,000 acres of otherwise

August 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Bharat Petroleum, SG Biofuels Ink Deal for Massive Jatropha 2.0 Deployment in India

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In India, SG Biofuels and Bharat Renewable Energy, a unit of India’s second largest oil company, Bharat Petroleum, signed a landmark commercial agreement  to develop and deploy elite hybrids of Jatropha across a total 86,000

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Have We Seen the End of Jatropha as a Potential Biofuel?

by Brian Westenhaus (OilPrice.com)  According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry some 12.8 million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted with jatropha by

August 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels' Potential to Transform the Global Economy

by John C.K. Daly (Oilprice.com)  After years of existing largely as an environmentalist's fantasy, commercial production of biofuels for the world civil aviation industry is slowly becoming a fact, with production starting up across three continents. The leading contenders for biofuel

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Aeromexico Makes First Trans-Oceanic Flight Using Biofuel

(Mexican Airlines)  This evening, Mexico's flagship carrier, AeroMexico, will make the world’s first Trans-oceanic flight using aviation biofuel, once again placing Mexico in the limelight with regard to the use of biofuels in the global aviation sector. Flying from Mexico City (MEX) to Madrid

August 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Mozambique Sells Its First Biofuel Export to Lufthansa

(defenseWEb)  Mozambique’s Sun Biofuels has made its first export by selling 30 tons of jatropha oil to German airline Lufthansa. The company’s director of corporate affairs Luis Gouveia on Friday told the Mozambican newspaper Diario de Mozambique of the sale. He

July 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Mexican Interjet Flight 2605 Making First Commercial Round-Trip Flight with Honeywell Green Jet Fuel

(Green Car Congress)  Following a series of successful demonstration flights and approval of the fuel for commercial transportation through ASTM International, Mexican airline Interjet today is operating the first round trip commercial passenger flight using Honeywell Green Jet Fuel derived

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

GM Builds B100 Vehicles

by Virendra Pandit (ETCGreen.com)  The global giant recently joined a tripartite agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, in a $950,000 project in Gujarat for five years. CSMCRI on

July 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Zimbabwe: Biofuels - a 'Happy Accident'

(AllAfrica.com/The Herald)  Zimbabwe is trying to resurrect its biofuels energy sector after needlessly crucifying the ethanol project in the Lowveld 20 years ago. More than anything else, this has been a direct response to the country's fuel crisis of 2003-2009 and

July 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels 2.0

Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The rise of themochemical biofuels, the power of markets, and the anarchic essence of energy development ...The “failure” of cellulosic ethanol is a failure of the policy framework, I said. It was suicidal to pass legislation that

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Neste Oil Expands Its Renewable Raw Material Base with Jathropha and Camelina Oils

(Yahoo!Finance/Neste Oil Oyj)  Neste Oil will expand the raw material base used to produce NExBTL renewable fuel with jatropha and camelina oils. By introducing these new raw materials in its feedstock base, Neste Oil increases the proportion of non-food materials

July 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Uganda: Plant Jatropha, Says Museveni

(AllAfrica.com)  President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Masaka district and Uganda at large to work with the Pegasus Investments Limited in the cultivation of jatropha (ekiroowa) plant as one of the means to boost household incomes. The seeds of the

July 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Instalan Planta de Biodiesel Extraído del Piñón en Morelos

(La Jornada)  Especialistas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) instalaron en Morelos una planta piloto que produce biodiesel a partir de la extracción de aceite de la semilla de la planta silvestre Jatropha Curcas, conocida como piñón mexicano. El proyecto realizado con

July 07, 2011 Read Full Article

ASBTA Urges Biofuel Conversion by Airlines to Keep Small Businesses Traveling and Growing

(The American Small Business Travelers Alliance)  The American Small Business Travelers Alliance (ASBTA) serves America's 27 million small companies by working to improve service, reduce costs and maintain safety and comfort in air travel. "Public and private sector experts agree that

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Africa Power Initiative to Produce Bio-Diesel by 2012

by Emma Onyango (East African Business Week)   ...Pegasus Investments and now African Power Initiative have both shown interest in making this diesel.  Mr. Sudhir Kumar, the Business Development Manager African Power Initiative said that the company is a renewable

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Asia Scrambles to Hasten Biofuels Scale-Up

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  Suddenly it’s scale-up time in Asia and everyone is scrambling for biofuels. Only a few years ago no one believed this could happen. Indian Railways was the only national-scale producer and user of biofuels

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Bid to Boost Jatropha Cultivation

(The Assam Tribune)  The Department of Agriculture has taken up a scheme to promotejatropha (Bhot Era) cultivation in Assam for production of bio-diesel. Altogether 137.4 ha of land will be covered under this crop, in the districts of Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Kamrup,

June 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Shows How Australia and New Zealand Can Establish Their Own Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Industry

(GreenAirOnline)  A study to determine the feasibility of the Australian and New Zealand aviation sector using sustainable biofuels to meet industry carbon reduction targets concludes that a bio-derived jet fuel industry could decrease aviation emissions by 17 per cent and

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

AMG Bioenergy Raises $1.47M for Chinese Jatropha Project

by Thomas Saidak  (Biofuels Digest)   ...AMG plans to use a portion of the proceeds to pay China Zhejiang Biodiesel as a part of a previously announced agreement to purchase a 133 hectare jatropha plantation and a 201

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Investor Yet to Meet conditions for Licensing of Jatropha Project

By Mazera Ndurya and Daniel Nyassy (Daily Nation)  The environmental watchdog has not licensed a controversial multi-million shilling jatropha project because the investor has not complied with some of the conditions set by the government. Although the government has not out

June 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Namibia Bans Large-Scale Jatropha Plantations as It Plans Further Study

by Chamwe Kaira  (Bloomberg)  Namibia has banned large scale jatropha-based biofuel projects in its north east until a study on its impact is undertaken, according to the country’s communications ministry. ...The Namibian government’s study will “determine the suitability of jatropha plant

June 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Boom in Africa as British Firms Lead Rush on Land for Plantations

by Damian Carrington and Stefano Valentino (The Guardian)  British firms have acquired more land in Africa for controversial biofuel plantations than companies from any other country, a Guardian investigation has revealed. Half of the 3.2m hectares (ha) of biofuel land identified –

June 01, 2011 Read Full Article

European Commission Sued for Lack of Transparency on Biofuels Policy

(Client Earth)  The European Commission has been sued, accused of violating European transparency laws. Environmental law organisation ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE), FERN and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) filed the lawsuit following the Commission’s refusal to provide access

May 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Brazilian Jet Biofuel Ventures Blossom as Jatropha 'Field to Wing' Platform Adds a New International R&D Partner

(GreenAirOnline)  Global industrial crops technology company Quinvita is the latest to join a new biofuel alliance that has come together to produce sustainable jet biofuel from Brazilian-grown jatropha. The Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform is a collaboration led by Curcas Diesel Brasil

May 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Bio Energy of Malawi to Build $18 Million Jatropha Plant, Daily Times Says

by Frank Jomo (Bloomberg)  Bio Energy Resources Ltd. of Malawi plans to build an $18 million plant to produce bio-fuels from jatropha seeds, the Daily Times reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Lourie Webb. The company plans to start trial output in the final

May 20, 2011 Read Full Article

Beyond Food vs. Fuel: FAO Finds Integrated Food and Energy Farming Could Save the Poor and the Planet

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  Before the advent of cheap petroleum, farmers often had their own “fuel patch” of local oilseed crops that served as feedstock for the biodiesel needed to power pumps, generator sets, tractors and other farm

May 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Project Wins $1 Million Competition

(University of Hawaii)  A two-pronged University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa project to advance the use of biofuels in the Islands has won a $1 million sustainability research competition. The two-year project, led by Michael J. Cooney from UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘i Natural

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels Signs Customers for 250,000 Acres of Hybrid Jatropha Seed

(SG Biofuels/PRNewsWire)  SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has signed customers for the deployment of 250,000 acres of Jatropha using its JMax™ hybrid seeds.  Jatropha is

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel 2011: The Real Opportunity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  An interview with James Garton, president of Mission Biofuels USA subsidiary. We look at the jatropha 1.0 catastrophe, actual biodiesel capacity in the US, palm biodiesel, the RFS, and more. ...The company broke into the US

May 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Namibia May Limit Biofuel Crop Planting: Paper

(Reuters)  Namibia may ban large-scale growing of biofuel crops in the fertile Kavango and Caprivi regions after a recommendation by Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Namibian Sun reported on Monday. The ban is likely to be adopted by the

May 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Makes Crude Jatropha Oil Sale, Expanding Geographic Market And Customer Base

(The Street/BusinessWire)  Mission NewEnergy Limited , a global leader in providing energy from renewable sources, is pleased to announce that it has sold a further 280 barrels (38 tons) of unrefined Jatropha oil to a new customer in Southeast Asia. Mission

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Interjet and Airbus Conduct First Biofuel Flight in Mexico

(Travel Daily News) The Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Mexico praised Mexico’s domestic carrier, Interjet, and Airbus for joining the ranks of Air New Zealand and Continental Airlines in leading the way for the international aviation industry by using more

May 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Mexican Biofuels Seen Meeting 3% Blending Target In 2012

by Ivan Castano  (Renewable Energy World)  "I think it can be done," says Raul Felix, climate change and renewable energy practice coordinator at Baker & McKenzie in Mexico City. "However, Pemex is going to have to pay much more to make [supply]

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

QUINVITA and the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform Sign a Strategic Alliance Agreement on Jatropha curcas R&D

The Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform and the Industrial Crops Technology Company, QUINVITA announces today they entered into a strategic alliance on Research and Development of Jatropha production and processing. Under the signed agreement, QUINVITA joins the Brazilian Bio-Jetfuel Platform and will

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Mozambique: Italian Company to Grow Jatropha in Moamba

(AllAfrica.com)  The Italian company "BioEnergy" is to invest 20 million dollars to grow the shrub Jatropha in Sabie, in the southern Mozambican district of Moamba. The jatropha seeds will be exported to Italy to be processed and transformed into biodiesel. The cultivation

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Tanzania: Expert Faults Commercial Jatropha Investments

(AllAfrica.com)  Jatropha should not replace any crops in arable farms and instead should be cultivated by smallholder farmers as hedges for farms, an expert has warned. Pamoja Inc Co-Director Jonathan Otto said in Dar es Salaam recently that jatropha as a

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission Mode Programme on Biofuels and Bioenergy

(India.gov.in)  The Department of Biotechnology has launched a mission programme on biofuel from biomass. The thrust is on developing ethanol using Lignocellulosic waste as a raw material, identifying recombinant microbial strains for enhanced ethanol recovery, producing high quality raw material

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Global Food Crisis, Biofuels and Land Grabs in Ghana

by Bright Owusu  (Ghana mma)  The time has never been riper for the people of Ghana to speak out about the terrible negligence of consecutive governments who have allowed horrendous land grabs by foreign nationals for the production of questionable

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Germany Joins up with Lufthansa to Sponsor Biofuel Six Times Worse than Fossil Fuel

by William McLennan (The Ecologist)  Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial The German government is financing a leading European airline’s biofuel trials despite claims from environmental groups it could cause emissions six time

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Role of Nanoadditive Blended Biodiesel Emulsion Fuel on the Working Characteristics of a Diesel Engine

by J. Sadhik Basha and R. B. Anand  (Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy)   Biodiesel emulsions are considered as the propitious alternative fuels for diesel engines. The need of biodiesel emulsion fuels for the diesel engines is to curtail the dependency

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

The Need for Biofuels

(The Star Malaysia)  Experts predict the majority of the world’s oil fields will reach maximum petroleum extraction capacity in 2020, a state otherwise known as “peak oil”. After this point, a reduction in pressure causes the rate of production to

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

CSMCRI in Talks with Companies Regarding Jatropha Biodiese

(Biocommodity.com)  Bhavnagar based research institute Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute(CSMCRI), is likely to initiate talks with oil companies for manufacturing jatropha-based biofuel on a commercial scale. “We have recently been granted the US patent for our technology, and now

April 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Vietnam Joins Race for Biofuel

(vnbusinessreg.com)  Vietnam said it has intensified efforts to promote biofuel production in the country under the plan on biofuel development to 2015 with a vision to 2025. According to country’s energy ministry, Vietnam is focussing on production of ‘green gasoline’ from

April 15, 2011 Read Full Article

D1 Oils: Siemens Biodiesel Ferry Trial Fuels 40 pct Share-Price Rally

by Jamie Ashcroft  (Proactive Investors)   Shares in D1 Oils shot up over 40 percent today as it revealed an exciting crude Jatropha oil (CJO) trial with German engineering firm Siemens (ETR:SIE). In the trial Siemens will use D1’s CJO biodiesel

April 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Transformers: 8 Technologies To Rock the Bio World

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Game changer, breakthrough, revolution, quantum leap. A lot of technologies arrive on the Digest’s doorstep wrapped in one of those descriptors, or another. Sometimes wrapped in all of them. But what are technologies that would really

April 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Boeing, Yale University Conduct Jatropha Sustainability Study

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine)  Boeing issued research conducted by Yale University’s School of Environmental Studies that showed significant potential for jatropha-based aviation fuel. The study showed that, if cultivated properly, jatropha could deliver strong environmental and socioeconomic benefits in

April 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Mozambique: Major Biofuel Project Under Way in Nacala-a-Velha

(AllAfrica.com)  A project to grow the shrub jatropha for ethanol production is providing jobs for about 500 people in the northern Mozambican district of Nacala-a-Velha, according to the district administrator, Daniel Chapo. The investor is the company Aviam, which is owned

March 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Plant to Extract Oil from Jatropha for Bio-Diesel

by Surbhi Khyati  (IndianExpress.com)  The state department of science and technology is establishing a bio-diesel plant here for extraction of jatropha oil and its conversion into bio-diesel. The plant, funded by the department of science and technology, Government of India, will

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Update from the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Association

(Task 39)    Around 140 guests followed the invitation of ISCC to the first General Assembly and discussed the status quo and development of sustainability certification with speakers like Ron van Erck from the European Commission and Dr. Hans-Jürgen Froese

March 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha Biofuels More Harmful than Oil

by Ricardo Sequeiros Coelho   (CoolTheEarth)  A report by ActionAid, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature Kenya revealed that using biofuels from jatropha results in more greenhouse gas emissions than using oil (PDF). More specifically, taking into

March 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Boeing and Algae Fuels, a Euro Perspective

(Algae Industry Magazine)  In the aviation biofuels market, as goes Boeing, so goes the industry. Boeing was a founding member of the Algal Biomess Organization (ABO) and is committed to a future of renewable fuels. “Without biofuels we cannot get

March 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha to Be Planted in Jordan

by Raed Omari   (The Jordan Times)  An oil producing plant which can generate bio-fuel will be cultivated in the Kingdom on an experimental basis as part of a Jordanian-Brazilian partnership, an agriculture official said on Tuesday. Ministry of Agriculture Spokesperson

March 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Firm Eyes Sarawak for RM555mil Move to Help Natives Plant Jatropha on NCR Land

by Stephen Then (The Star Sarawak)  A leading biofuel company with global links wants to turn Sarawak into a producer of green jet fuel, diesel and petrol and is willing to invest RM555mil in the state for the purpose. Bio Oil

March 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Swazi Biofuels Strategy Complete, Awaiting Cabinet Approval

by Winile Mavuso  (The Swazi Observer)  ...Director of Energy Henry Shongwe said the document was basically a policy which would guide companies which want to venture into the bio fuels industry. Such companies include among others; D1 Oils and others. 

March 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Delay to Certification of Aviation Jet Biofuels May Damage Investor Confidence, Claims Lufthansa

(GreenAirOnline)  The approval of Bio-SPK jet fuels for use in commercial aircraft operations is not now expected until the middle of the year at earliest and could possibly be delayed until the end of 2011, says the FAA representative on

March 16, 2011 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels Advances Jatropha Biotech Platform with Application of Genetic Markers to Reference Genome: Library of Diverse Genetic Material Expands to 12,000 Unique Genotypes

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has applied more than 1.6 million genetic markers (SNPs) for Jatropha curcas toward the development of marker assisted

March 14, 2011 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels Expands into India

(Biofuels International)  In the US SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company, located in San Diego, California, is expanding its operations into India and has named Subhas Pattnaik as director of operations for the market. ...In India Pattnaik's new role will see

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Kenya: NEMA Orders New Study On Biofuel Tree

by Mazera Ndurya    (AllAfrica.com)  A team of specialists has been set up to study the viability of the controversial jatropha trees after renewed interest by foreign investors to start the project. The team was formed by the National Environment management Authority

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

D1 Oil: Crude Jatropha Oil Demand Continues to Outweighs Supply, Harvests Hit by Heavy Rains

by Jamie Ashcroft   (Proactive Investors United Kingdom)  D1 Oils revealed that demand is out-pacing supply for its Crude Jatropha Oil (CJO)...  D1 said that it is continuing to experience demand for greater quantities of CJO than it is able

March 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Confirms Viability of Jatropha Plant Oil for Electric Power Generation and Industrial Heating

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)  released results of a study revealing the performance and emissions benefits of using Jatropha oil as a drop-in replacement for diesel fuel in industrial furnaces used for electric power generation and

February 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Study Confirms Viability of Jatropha Plant Oil for Electric Power Generation and Industrial Heating

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) today released results of a study revealing the performance and emissions benefits of using Jatropha oil as a drop-in replacement for diesel fuel in industrial furnaces used for electric power generation

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Jamaica Looks at Castor Oil as a Biofuel

(Jamaica Information Service)  A $10.3 million research partnership agreement for a small scale biodiesel pilot project, using Jamaican oilseed bearing plants to produce fuel, was signed Friday February 11 between the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Iran Produces Biodiesel Fuel

(Trend)  Iranian experts and scientists for the first time managed to produce biodiesel fuel using the oil extracted from Jatropha curcas plant cultivated in Southern Iran, FARS news agency reported. "Iran could produce biodiesel fuel through extracting oil from Jatropha plant

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatropha - Green Biodiesel from African Tree

by Bård Amundsen/Else Lie. Translation: Darren McKellep/Carol B. Eckmann(The Research Council of Norway)   Jatropha has been championed as a major environmental opportunity for developing countries with a semi-arid climate and marginal soil. Scientist Karl Hilding Thunes of the Norwegian Forest

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Jatoil Reaches Shipping Milestone

(Biofuels International)  On 3 February 2011 energy company Jatoil achieved production of 200 tonnes of crude jatropha oil, all of which will be shipped and used as feedstock for biojet aviation fuel for use by commercial airlines. ...'Currently, only limited supplies

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Air China and Boeing Make Plans for the First Trans-Pacific Sustainable Biofuel-Powered Flight

(GreenAir Online)  Air China and Boeing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the intention of carrying out a trans-Pacific biofuel flight between China and the US, and will follow China’s first biofuel demonstration flight planned for the second half

February 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Vinod Khosla on Biofuel Feedstocks

by Vinod Khosla  (GreenTechMedia)  Imagination is in shortest supply when it comes to agronomic econometrics that extrapolate the past instead of inventing a new future. Part II:  Feedstock. Feedstock cost, environmental impact and even its politics are critical variables. With each

February 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Successful Jatropha Planting Season Expanding New Acreage by Over 30%

(Mission NewEnergy Ltd.)   Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce results of the Jatropha planting season as follows:  Outperformed projected new Jatropha planting target;  Increased overall productive

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

BioJet Receives $1.2 Billion Funding Facility

(BioJet International Ltd.)  BioJet International Ltd.  announced that it has received a US $1.2 Billion funding facility from Cayman based Equity Partners Fund SPC. The funding structure is a 3 year facility, further terms of the funding were not disclosed. BioJet

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Do You Know the Way to San Jose (dos Campos)? Total, and Its Biofuels Babies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...And, today, the story of advanced biofuels in Brazil amped up considerably yesterday with the announcement that TAM Airlines in conjunction with Airbus, jatropha biofuel producer Brasil Ecodiesel, and AirBP (the specialized aviation division of

February 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Chinese Company to Grow Biofuel Plant in Congo Republic, Xinhua Reports

(Bloomberg)  A Chinese company plans to produce jatropha ... in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...Greater Kingdom Group, has asked for 10,000 hectares in each of the provinces... READ MORE

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

The Formation of The Center for Sustainable Energy Farming, a Non-Profit Research Foundation, Was Announced by Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a Leader in Jatropha and Energy Farming

(Globe Newswire)  Global Clean Energy Holdings announced the establishment of a new non-profit research organization: The Center for Sustainable Energy Farming (www.CfSEF.org). The Center's mission is to perform cutting-edge plant science research in genetics, breeding and horticulture, and further develop technologies to allow

January 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Confederation of Indian Industry Proposes Bio-Diesel Price Hike

(The Economic Times)   The government should raise the price of bio-diesel obtained from the jatropha plant to support the bio-diesel industry's sustainability efforts, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says. ...The study estimates that if the industry becomes sustainable and

January 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Mission NewEnergy and JOil to Collaborate in Growing New Elite High Yielding Jatropha Varieties

(Mission NewEnergy)  Mission NewEnergy Limited, a vertically integrated biodiesel producer and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with JOil (S) Pte Ltd ("JOil"), a joint

December 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Kanchanfur Forests Farm Jatropha for Bio-Diesel

(The Himalayan Times)  Two community forests of Kanchanpur district have started growing Jatropha (Sajeevan) from which biofuel can be produced. Basanta Community Forest and Sri Krishna Community Forest are into sajeevan farming with the technical and financial assistance of Crystal Bio Energy

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Airbus Supports TAM Airlines, Curcas and Brasil Ecodiesel to Establish Renewable Jet Fuel Processing Plant and Biofuel ‘Value-Chain’ in Brazil

(WebWire)  Airbus together with TAM Airlines and a group of specialist companies are working to establish a bio-kerosene jet-fuel processing plant in Brazil, aiming to gradually substitute fossil fuel in aviation with biofuel. On November 22nd a major milestone was accomplished

December 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels and Forests: A Trade-Off?

by Marion Davis  (Stockholm Environment Insitute)  ...SEI researchers are part of a large, collaborative project led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and funded by the European Commission to gauge the impact of bioenergy development on forests in

December 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethiopia Sets its Sights on Biodiesel

by Denis Gathanju  (Renewable Energy World)   Could this poverty-stricken country become the world's largest biodiesel producer? Policy-makers in Ethiopia, challenged by fluctuating oil prices and poverty, are seeking solutions that will improve the living conditions of its people and boost its

December 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Se Utilizarán Vehículos con Biodiesel en Cumbre de Cancún: Calderón

(La Jornada en Internet)  "El transporte de todos los participantes se va a hacer no sólo en camiones chiapanecos sino con biodiesel hecho en Chiapas", destacó el mandatario al inaugurar la primera planta del combustible en el país.  READ MORE and MORE (Biofuels

November 30, 2010 Read Full Article

TAM and Airbus Biofuel Trial

by Gary Parsons (Key.aero)  Airbus and Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines are trialling a new biofuel that could reduce the carbon footprint by up to 80%, the companies claim. An Airbus A320 has been converted to use a 50% blend of locally-sourced

November 26, 2010 Read Full Article

China's CNOOC Sells Its First Biodiesel Product

(Alibaba.com)  State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has sold out its first batch of biodiesel on the island province of Hainan, the company said on Wednesday.   The fuel was blended into normal diesel and offered to drivers starting from

November 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Big Isle Farm Promises Rich Biofuel Source

by Alan Yonan Jr. (Star Advertiser)  ...As the algae companies slowly move forward with their research and development, however, another source of renewable energy is blossoming -- literally -- on the Big Island. Hawaii Pure Plant Oil, or HIPPO, is

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Kingdom’s Biodiesel Plans on Hold as Jatropha Disappears

(The Phnom Penh Post) NTC Jacam Energy has halted plans to produce biodiesel because of a lack of raw materials, particularly jatropha, according to the firm’s chairman. The firm had planned to more than triple its production to 2,000 litres of

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd Signs Letter of Intent With China Zhejiang Biodiesel Co, Ltd ("CZBC")

(Digital Journal/Marketwire)  AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd. (The Company) announced that it has just signed a Letter of Intent with China Zhejiang Biodiesel Co, Ltd ("CZBC") to acquire the Eucalyptus and Jatropha Plantation assets that CZBC has developed in Guangdong province,

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Thailand to Shift Focus on Jatropha for Biofuel

(Financial Express)  Shifting focus to its biodiesel programme, Thailand is planning to open large scale jatropha seed based plants to produce the much needed commodity. Analysts said long-neglected jatropha ready for a starring role and a rival to palm oil as

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels and Bunge Form Strategic Alliance to Process Jatropha Seeds Into Sustainable Crude Oil

(PR Newswire)  SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company developing and producing elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has established a strategic partnership with Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, to research and develop a model

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Repsol, Mexican Firm Form Biofuels Venture

(Oil and Gas Journal)  Repsol and Group KUO of Mexico City have formed a 50-50 company based in Mexico to develop a biofuels business based on jatropha curcas, an oil seed with a high content of inedible oil. The new company,

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Gene Discovery from Jatropha curcas by Sequencing of ESTs from Normalized and Full-Length Enriched cDNA Library from Developing Seeds

(Seventh Space Interactive)  Jatropha curcas L. is promoted as an important non-edible biodiesel crop worldwide.   Jatropha oil, which is a triacylglycerol, can be directly blended with petro-diesel or transesterified with methanol and used as biodiesel. Genetic improvement in jatropha is

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels from the Bottom Up

by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest-Asia)  “Why wait for top-down solutions? Providing energy in a bottom-up way instead has a lot to recommend it. There is no need to wait for politicians or utilities to act. The technology is is rapidly falling

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Reality Check for 'Miracle' Biofuel Crop

by Miyuki Iiyama and James Onchieku (SciDev)  It sounds too good to be true: a biofuel crop that grows on semi-arid lands and degraded soils, replaces fossil fuels in developing countries and brings huge injections of cash to poor smallholders. That is what

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

REVIVAL! Hawai’i Bi-O Style: Elite Squad of Scientists Aim to Boost Hawaii via Bioenergy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Hawaii is a code word meaning “paradise” not only to sun-starved tourists, but to bioenergy developers. It has all the hallmarks of the “perfect market”. 1. A state that generates no energy from fossil fuels and

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Boeing to Test China Biofuel

(Chicago Breaking Business/Dow Jones Newswire)  Boeing Co., in cooperation with Air China Ltd. and others, plans to test a commercial-jet biofuel in China produced from a locally grown plant by the middle of 2011-part of an effort to commercialize cleaner fuels

October 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Uganda: Do We Have Reasons to Support Local Research?

(All Africa)  ...CREEC - Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation is an institution doing research in renewable energy (Biomass stoves and gasifiers); Biofuels; Solar PV and energy efficiency in households, industry and institutions. Obviously, CREEC gets a lot of

October 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Fifteen-Year Plan for Jatropha Plantation in Arid Districts

(Times of India)  Beginning later this month, the jatropha crop will be planted across 30,000 acres in the arid districts of Bankura, Birbhum, West Midnapore and Purulia over the next 15 years. Around 10 lakh saplings will be transplanted this

October 13, 2010 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels Develops Jatropha Hybrid Seed Technology

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company developing and producing elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced it has established a proprietary technology for large-scale Jatropha hybrid seed production. Hybrid seeds result in greater yield, uniformity and vigor while significantly reducing

October 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Journal of Peasant Studies Publishes Perspectives on New Agrarian Relations Related to Biofuels

(Journal of Peasant Studies)   In this collection we ask a number of questions emerging out of the new agrarian political economy created by the ‘biofuel complex’. Together the papers offer perspectives from political economy, political sociology and political ecology, and

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Jatropha 2.0 Arrives: Koch’s FHR, LIFE Technologies Invest in SG Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Earlier this year, SG Biofuels and Life Technologies formed a strategic alliance, and recently announced they have completed the sequence of the Jatropha genome. The company’s integrated breeding and biotechnology approach forms the foundation for its

September 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Carbon2Green Will Produce Biodiesel

(MarketWatch)  ...Carbon2Green is currently conducting a pilot project in the Bandundu region of DRC and wants to achieve a funding enabling it, by the end of the year, to proceed with the hiring of over 300 people and planting nearly

September 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Neighborhoods Fighting Plans for Biofuel Plant West of Delray Beach

by Andy Reid (Sun Sentinel)  A biofuel plant offering renewable energy could become a never-ending headache for neighborhoods west of Delray Beach, worried residents argued Thursday. Pressure from residents helped persuade the county Zoning Commission Thursday to vote against a proposal that

September 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Boardroom Mayhem at D1 Oils as CEO Steps Down

by Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest)  ...“If  there were a medal for valor in biofuels it would certainly go to the board of D1 Oils, which has now had to repel its third take-over attempt by investors intent on abandoning the

September 02, 2010 Read Full Article

TNAU Proposes to Initiate Bio-Fuel Plantations

(The Hindu)  The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has proposed to initiate and establish bio-fuel plantations with financial assistance of Central Government. ...“Increasing interest is shown towards the utility of Tree Borne Oilseeds (TBOs) like jatropha, pungam, illuppai, neem and simarouba as

August 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Life Technologies and SG Biofuels Complete Sequence of Jatropha Genome

(SG Biofuels)  Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions and SG Biofuels, Inc., a bioenergy crop company, announced they have completed sequencing the Jatropha curcas genome to 100x coverage, using the SOLiD™ 4.0 System by Life

August 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Magor Promoting Jatropha Plantations in NE

(The Assam Tribune)  The D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Ltd has developed jatropha plantation over 51,000 hectares of land and the plantation carried out by the company in 2007 has started yielding sub-commercial crops ... The yield of the plantation

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Mozambique to Get 19 Million Dollar Biofuels Project

(AFP)  Mozambique's state fuel company has partnered with the private sector to invest 19 million dollars (14 million euros) in biofuel production, state media reported on Monday. National supplier Petromoc, Portuguese fuel company Galp and biodiesel producer Ecomoz will produce biodiesel in

August 10, 2010 Read Full Article

SG Biofuels to Expand Jatropha Research and Development Center in San Diego

(SG Biofuels)  SG Biofuels, Inc., a bioenergy crop company focused on the development and production of elite seeds of Jatropha, today announced plans to establish the world’s most advanced Jatropha research and development center located in San Diego, Calif. The center

August 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Don't Fall for Jatropha Plants, Warns UN Body

by Prabha Jagannathan  (Economic Times)  In a significant implication for the country’s biofuel policy, a specialised arm of the United Nations has warned that the developing countries should not buy blindly into the ‘jatropha for biodiesel’ argument. Warning against the

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Waterland Supplies Jatropha Oil to EU Airline Industry

(TheBioenergySite.com)  Waterland supply its Jatropha Oil for use as feedstock for aviation fuel. Waterland International signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with a leading supplier of biofuels for the aviation industry. Waterland will be making its first delivery of Jatropha Oil for use as

July 21, 2010 Read Full Article

PNOC, Dole, Toyota Forge Jatropha Deal

By Amy R. Remo (Philippine Daily Inquirer)   State-owned PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. has forged an agreement with Dole Philippines and Toyota Tsusho Corp. to put up pilot jatropha plantations in Sarangani province. Under the memorandum of understanding, the three companies will explore possible

July 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Jatoil Sells First Commercial Quantity of Crude Jatropha Oil

(Biofuels International)  After recently acquiring joint venture operations in Central Java, Indonesia, renewable energy company Jatoil has secured its first sale of a commercial quantity of crude jatropha oil. The sale is under a new four-year off-take agreement with Jatoil’s partner

July 12, 2010 Read Full Article

New Study Predicts Yield for Biofuel Jatropha

(EurekAlert)  ...In their article, "Global mapping of Jatropha curcas yield based on response of fitness to present and future climate," Antonio Trabucco and colleagues point out that Jatropha grows in a wide range of climatic conditions, including tropical and subtropical

July 08, 2010 Read Full Article

VEPOWER Signs Agreement with Jatropha Africa for 50,000 Hectares

(Environment-Expert.com)  VEPOWER Limited has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Jatropha Africa with the goal of financing the Company’s 50,000 hectare plantation in Ghana, West Africa.  VEPOWER will thus secure more than 40,000 tonnes of crude bio-fuel. ...The plantation in Ghana

July 07, 2010 Read Full Article
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