(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,
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Back TO HOMEGene 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
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
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
Brazil Set to Assist Tanzania Survey Biofuel Farming Areas
by Beatrice Philamon (IPP Media) Tanzanian and Brazilian experts are expected to carry out a countrywide survey to identify and propose strategic areas that would be allocated for biofuel farming. “Our intention is to have special areas or land that will be
October 15, 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
Waste-Based Microbial Oil set to Become a Raw Material for Renewable Diesel
(Neste Oil Corporation) Neste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Research work
September 24, 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
Natural Oil Discovered in “Diesel Tree”
by Carol Christian (Fort McMurray Today) ...John Mitchell, general manager of Bedford Biofuels, explained the company has 160,000 hectares of prime development land for jatropha cultivation in the eastern coastal region of Kenya with 200,000 additional hectares being secured. Its
August 16, 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
Commercial Airlines May Get 1% of Fuel From Biofuels By 2015, Boeing Says
by Alex Morales (Bloomberg) Commercial airlines may derive 1 percent of their fuel by 2015 from biofuels made of plants including algae, Boeing Co.’s environment chief said. ... Boeing has worked with airlines from the U.S. to Japan to test jet
August 02, 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
Report Finds Bioenergy Production Can Expand across Africa without Displacing Food
(EurekAlert) Policies needed to address potential conflicts, but report views bioenergy as crucial to 'unlocking Africa's latent potential'. Crops can be produced for bioenergy on a significant scale in west, eastern and southern Africa without doing damage to food production or
July 27, 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
Two Companies Isolate Pyrolysis Oil Fractions, Hydrogen from Algae, in Path towards Scalable Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...OriginOil ... has announced a hydrogen harvesting system, while an early-stage company based in Iowa, Avello Bioenergy, has developed a technology for fast pyrolysis oils that “improves, collects and separates bio-oil into various liquid fractions,” making
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
Global Mapping of Jatropha curcas Yield Based on Response of Fitness to Present and Future Climate
by Antionio Trabucco, Wouter M. J. Achten, et al. (Global Change Biology) Although acclaimed as a biofuel crop with high potential to sustainably replace fossil fuels, Jatropha curcas L. remains a poorly studied plant. Reliable yield assessments with conventional methods require agroclimatic and
June 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Mission Achieves First Commercial Scale Jatropha Crush
(MarketWire) Mission NewEnergy Ltd., a vertically integrated biodiesel refiner, and one of the world's largest Jatropha plantation companies, is pleased to announce that it has aggregated, crushed and shipped commercial quantities of Jatropha oil from its extensive network across India to
June 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Artificial Blood Vessels Developed from Jatropha
(CSIR India/The Economic Times) ...The Central Salt Marine Chemicals and Research Institute (CSMCRI) located in Bhavnagar district of the state has hit upon a process by which biodegradable polymers can be developed at almost zero-cost using one of the byproducts
June 25, 2010 Read Full Article
Life Cycle Assessment Comparing the Use of Jatropha Biodiesel in the Indian Road and Rail Sectors
by Michael Whitaker and Garvin Heath (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) This life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel production and use evaluates the net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission (not considering land-use change), net energy value (NEV), and net petroleum consumption impacts of substituting Jatropha
June 08, 2010 Read Full Article
PARTNER Publishes First Comprehensive Study into Comparing Life-Cycle GHG Emissions of Aviation Alternative Fuels
(GreenAirOnline) The first-ever study into a comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a range of alternative aviation fuels has been published by the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER), based at the Massachusetts Institute
June 04, 2010 Read Full Article
McLeod Expects Biofuel Project to Bear Fruit in a Year
The world's largest tea producer McLeod Russel India Limited expects its investment in D1 Williamson Magor Biofuel Ltd to start bearing fruit within the next one year when the first crop (jatropha) is expected, a top company official said here. D1
June 03, 2010 Read Full Article
“May You Live in Interesting Times”: Biofuels Digest Asia Debuts Amidst China, Jatropha Surge, Gulf Woes
(Biofuels Digest) ...Closely watched in Asia, the ongoing crisis is likely to be viewed in retrospect as an energy tipping point, emblematic of the case for biofuels and the decline of the world oil and gas industry, which like most
June 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Trials Yield Positive Findings
by Cary Blake (Western Farm Press) Ongoing biofuel field trials are yielding positive findings which one day could give California and Arizona farmers a new option to diversify their crop portfolios while producing renewable energy. Switchgrass, miscanthus, jatropha, sugar crops, and alfalfa
June 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Project Jatropha
(Environmental Protection Agency) President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) Winner: Adarsha Shivakumar, Apoorva Rangan, and Callie Roberts Pleasant Hill and Martinez, California - The Project Jatropha Team promotes the cultivation of Jatropha curcas, a perennial shrub with oil-rich seeds, as an ecologically
May 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Project Sparks Wrangle
(AllAfrica) A planned biofuel project in Magarini District (Kenya) has put Malindi County Council and ecologists on a collision course. This follows a request by the National Environment Management Authority for residents' views on the project, which requires 50,000 acres to
May 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Impact Assessments to Orient Sustainable and Inclusive Biofuels Production in the Amazon
(SNV) ...SNV together with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) implemented a project to analyse the socioeconomic and environmental risks and benefits caused by the production of biofuels and energy crops in (agricultural areas within) the Peruvian Amazon. In the socioeconomic study, cultivating
May 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Honeywell UOP Named Among Boeing's 2009 Suppliers of the Year
(UOP) UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has been selected as one of Boeing's 2009 suppliers of the year. One of just 14 companies chosen from a pool of 10,500, Honeywell's UOP business unit has played a crucial role in supporting Boeing's
May 12, 2010 Read Full Article
LL Biofuels Namibia Produces Biodiesel
(Biofuels International) LL Biofuels Namibia is set to produce its own biodiesel after signing an agreement that will see the cultivation of jatropha on 300,000 hectares of land located in the north-eastern Caprivi Region, Namibia. The 20-year deal between LL Biofuels
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Brazilian Alliance for Aviation Biofuels is Formed
(Air Transport News) At a meeting held last May 6, in São Paulo, Brazil, the Brazilian Alliance for Aviation Biofuels (Aliança Brasileira para Biocombustíveis de Aviação – ABRABA) was formed. To start with, the group has the participation of ten organizations:
May 12, 2010 Read Full Article
New World Energy Supplies Jatropha Oil for BSH Cooking Stove Project in Lombok, Indonesia.
(New World Energy) Indonesia based PT New World Energy (NWE) and leading multi-national appliance manufacturer, Bosch and Siemens Home Appliance Group (BSH) of Germany recently partnered together on a pilot project to bring clean cooking technology to rural communities on
May 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Basics
Table of Contents Science Leads the Way Policy Reasons for Advanced Biofuels Technical ChallengesIf It's Such a Great Idea, Why Hasn't It Been Done Before? Generations 1, 2, 3 and 4: Talking about biofuels Making Advanced Biofuels: Biomass to Building Blocks;
May 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Towards Sustainable Biofuel Development: Assessing the Local Impacts of Large-Scale Foreign Land Acquisitions in Ghana
by George C. Schoneveld, Laura A. German, and Eric Nutakor (World Bank) This paper assesses the effectiveness of the Ghanaian legal and institutional framework in managing the trade-offs of large-scale land acquisition, particularly for biofuel feedstock expansion. The research focuses
May 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Namibia to Produce Own Biodiesel
by Chrispin Inambao (New Era) LL Biofuels Namibia, a highly ambitious foreign-initiated and multi-billion-dollar venture, has secured 300 000 hectares of land from chiefs in Caprivi to plant jatropha, whose seeds will be press-crushed to produce much-sought-after biodiesel. Biodiesel that could be
April 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Honduras Successfully Harvests Biofuel
(Honduras News) Agroipsa Farm in Choluteca has deployed the “BEI Jatropha Wave Harvester”, a mechanical harvesting system for jatropha which has successfully completed an eight-month trial. The system was used for a mechanical harvest of a 550 hectare plantation of three-year
April 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Brookhaven Selects SG Biofuels for Jatropha Testing Program
(SG Biofuels) SG Biofuels announced it has established a strategic partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory to accelerate the analysis and testing of oil produced by its Latin American Jatropha plantations. The company was selected by Brookhaven National Laboratory to provide
April 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Jatropha: Mozambique's New Biofuel Hope
by Jeffrey Barbee (Global Post) ...Sun Biofuels, a British company, has been planting thousands of acres of jatropha at a former tobacco farm here and in other sites in Africa. The company hopes the jatropha oil will help it cash
April 19, 2010 Read Full Article
Visualizing Sustainability: Developing Geospatial Technology to Address Sustainable Biofuel Production: Using Geospatial Technology to Map Potential Biofeedstock Crop Cultivation Zones and Identify Potential Areas of High Biodiversity or Ecosystem Service Value
Jenny Hewson (Conservation International/CI) presented the multi- tiered sustainable biofuels crops projects funded by DOE. CI is building global and regional scale maps for potential biofuel cultivation. In other words, CI is looking for areas most suitable for biofeedstock cultivation
April 13, 2010 Read Full Article
ARIES Biodiesel System Delivered to Naval Base Ventura County
The first ARIES biodiesel production system has been delivered to Naval Base Ventura County. ARIES is the result of a collaborative effort by the U.S. Navy, Biodiesel Industries and Aerojet to produce a sustainable and reliable renewable fuel, biodiesel, using
April 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Haitians Pioneer Biofuel Production Model
(PSFK Conference New York) Following Haiti’s devastating earthquake, new methodologies for organic and economic growth quickly began to sprout. Supported by American bio-diesel company, Sirona Fuels and the Sirona Cares Foundation, Haitian farmers began working to cultivate Jatropha plants on
April 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Sun Biofuels to Employ 1500 People in Kisarawe
(AllAfrica.com) Sun Biofuels, a British firm that has invested in jatropha plantations in Tanzania, envisages offering full time employment to 1,500 Tanzanians in its jatropha biofuel project at Kisarawe. Of the 1,500 people, 400 are already in the full time employment
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Microbe to Make Bio-Degradable Plastic Discovered
by Vikas Bhargava/Ahmedabad (Outlook India) In a breakthrough, Bhavnagar-based Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute (CSMCRI) has discovered microbe from Indian waters to manufacture bio-degradable plastic using a by product of Jatropha plant. "We have sucessfully made bio-degradable plastic from
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Commercial Jet Biofuel: Sooner Than We Think? Who Will Win the Race between Fischer-Tropsch and Hydroprocessed Aviation Fuels?
by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia) This week's announcement that the Air Force successfully tested a A-10C Thunderbolt "Warthog" plane on a 50:50 blend of petroleum jet fuel and camelina-based biofuel has brought the two disparate ways of producing aviation biofuels into
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
GM Partners with U.S. Department of Energy to Develop Jatropha-to-Biodiesel Project in India
General Motors Co. announced on March 30, 2010, a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop the potential of the jatropha plant as a sustainable biofuel energy crop. Traditionally considered a weed, jatropha plants produce
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Botswana Plans a 50m-Litre Per Year Biodiesel Plant
by Mokagedi Gaotlhobogwe (MmegiOnline) Coal-rich Botswana has announced its ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions by setting up a 50 million-litre per year bio-diesel processing plant to be fed from jatropha (oil seed) plantations by 2012. The project will be funded
March 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Taiwan to Help Pacific States Plant Biofuel Trees
(Focus Taiwan) Taiwan is suggesting its South Pacific allies plant Jatropha trees to help solve energy shortages. ..."Jatropha is the recipe for green energy, " said Tao Wen-lung, secretary-general of Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund, which is in charge of
March 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Highlands County, FL, Still Waiting for Biofuels
by Gary Pinnell (Highlands Today) In April 2008, Congressman Tim Mahoney told county commissioners that Highlands was poised to become "the biofuels capital of America." They were expected to produce hundreds of jobs and millions in revenues. Two years have gone
March 24, 2010 Read Full Article
Shapoorji, Ethiopia Ink 50,000ha Land Deal
by Shutapa Paul (liveMint.com, Wall Street Journal) The 140-year old construction firm, Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Ltd, signed an agreement with the government of Ethiopia to take on lease up to 50,000ha of land to cultivate pongamia pinnata—a feedstock for
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Partnership Focuses on Sustainability
SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced it has developed the first large-scale Jatropha community-farming initiative in Central America and entered into the first project
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
Daimler Committed to Jatropha Biodiesel
(TheBioenergySite) Daimler AG has started a new project for the cultivation of the biodiesel raw material jatropha in the south of India and the seedlings for the first 100 hectares have been planted. The company is supporting several village communities in
March 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Small Biofuel Farm Bears Fruit
by Craig Gima (Star Bulletin) If the vision of father and son farmers Christian and James Twigg-Smith becomes reality, acres of now-fallow sugar cane land will be growing crops again. But rather than producing food, the land would be used
March 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Space Could Increase Production of Bio-Fuel
by Aaron Pickering (KOLD) ...The experiment, National Lab Pathfinder-Cells 3, is aimed at learning whether microgravity can help jatropha curcas plant cells grow faster to produce biofuel, or renewable fuel derived from biological matter. Jatropha is known to produce high
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Jet Stream: Biofuels Digest Special Report on Aviation Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If 2009 brought us the “summer of Algae”, 2010 is certainly looking to usher in “Jet Spring,” with a series of stunning developments in the commercialization of aviation biofuels — shaping up as the first
March 11, 2010 Read Full Article
China Shrub Shows Biofuel Promise
China's poisonous jatropha shrub is showing promise as biofuel and could boost the country's efforts to reduce dependency on imported crude oil. In the past, farmers planted the poisonous perennial only as a barrier to ward off animals from their fields.
February 24, 2010 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Launches World’s First Elite Jatropha Cultivar
SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced the launch of JMax 100, a proprietary cultivar of Jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala with yields
February 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Aerospace Chief: Industry on Track to Deliver 'Greener' Aircraft
(EurActiv.com) Industry is on track to ensure "carbon-neutral growth" in the aviation sector from 2020, but strengthened European Union support for research and development (R&D) is vital to help manufacturers deliver the green technologies required, François Gayet, secretary-general of the
February 19, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Expanding to the Big Island
by Peter Sur (West Hawaii Today) A new biodiesel plant that will produce 2.6 million gallons a year is planned for Keaau. ...Now an undeveloped property, a little more than a year from now the Maui-based principals of Pacific Biodiesel
February 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Daimler Committed to Jatropha Biodiesel
(TheBioenergySite) Daimler AG has started a new project for the cultivation of the biodiesel raw material jatropha in the south of India and the seedlings for the first 100 hectares have been planted. The company is supporting several village communities
February 17, 2010 Read Full Article
EU Biofuels 10% Targets Cause Millions of People to Go Hungry and Increase Food Prices and Landlessness, Says Report
by John Vidal (The Guardian) EU companies have taken millions of acres of land out of foodproduction in Africa, central America and Asia to grow biofuels for transport, according to development campaigners. The consequences of European biofuel targets, said the
February 17, 2010 Read Full Article
NASA Takes Jatropha for a Ride Into Outer Space on Space Shuttle Endeavour
(Earth Times) UK-based Carbon Credited Farming congratulated NASA on the successful launch of the Endeavour Space Shuttle today. It blasted off from Kennedy Space Center taking with it new scientific experiments, including a study of the Jatropha curcas plant, used
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Vehicle Testing Facility for Jatropha Fuel Up
by Melody M. Aguiba (Manila Bulletin) A P100-million Vehicle Testing Research Laboratory (VTRL) has been put up to test the technical viability of the jatropha methyl ester (JME) which has so far gone through successful pilot testing at the Industrial
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
China Biofuel Industry Provides Opportunities in Agribusiness
(RightSite) As China's solar and wind power sectors grab headlines, leading agribusiness companies are grabbing a foothold in China's biofuel sector. As oil prices threaten to rise in years to come, China's drive to create a biofuel industry that does
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Toyota Tsusho to Produce Jatropha as Alternative Fuel
by Patrick Rial (Bloomberg) Toyota Tsusho Corp., the trading affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., plans to start growing jatropha next year as it bets that higher crop yields and oil prices will make the plant a profitable alternative fuel. ...“We
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Jatropha a Cancer Fighter? New Article Suggests Positive Results against Metastasis
Joelle Dent (Biofuels Digest) In India, a variety of reports have been published on the medicinal properties of jatropha curcus, most recently a report in the African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology that found that jatropha has cancer-fighting properties, “inhibiting
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Fund Sanctioned for Research on Biodiesel Production
(The Hindu) The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 13.33 lakh to the Department of Botany, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women here, to undertake research on biodiesel production in a cost-effective method from karanja oil
February 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Jatoil Announces Project to Grow Sugar Substitute Stevia in Conjunction at Vietnamese Jatropha Plantations
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Australia, Jatoil announced a joint venture to develop high-value crops that will be planted alongside its oilseed bearing jatropha trees, resulting in a dual income stream to boost returns from its biofuel farms in Vietnam.
January 15, 2010 Read Full Article
The “New Jatropha”: SG Biofuels Partners with Life Technologies to Accelerate New Cultivar Development by 60 Percent; Product Line This Year, Says CEO
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, jatropha pioneer SG Biofuels announced a strategic alliance with Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, to advance the development of Jatropha as a sustainable biofuel. The alliance brings together SG
January 12, 2010 Read Full Article
The Wonders Down Under: Special Report on Australia
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A progressive culture, declining fossil fuel reserves, an emissions challenge, considerable sugarcane resources, native feedstocks such as moringa and the Australian Beauty Tree, a nexus of research into cellulosic bioprocessing, algae and jatropha. Plus, healthy
December 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Biofuels, Land Access and Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania
by Emmanuel Sulle and Fred Nelson (Tanzania Natural Resource Forum’s Forestry Working Group and the International Institute for Environment and Development) In recent years, biofuels have rapidly emerged as a major issue for agricultural development, energy policy, and natural resource
December 28, 2009 Read Full Article
Bayer and Dow Sign Worldwide Biodiesel Technology Licensing Agreement
(Biodiesel Digest) Dow Water & Process Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), and Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS), announced a licensing agreement for the worldwide marketing of the registered BayFAME technology, a continuous process developed by
December 11, 2009 Read Full Article
Valero & Mission NewEnergy Execute US$3.5 billion Biofuels Offtake Agreement
Mission NewEnergy Limited (“Mission”) a biodiesel refiner and one of the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies by acreage announced that it has entered into a binding five-year biodiesel Supply Agreement with Valero Marketing and Supply Company, a subsidiary of Valero
December 11, 2009 Read Full Article
Uganda to Extract Biodiesel from ‘Wonder Plant’ Jatropha
by Halima Abdallah (East African) The National Forestry Research Institute has embarked on a project to test the viability of biodiesel from jatropha, a drought resistant crop. According to a senior researcher at the institute, Dr Peter Kiwuso, they planted jatropha
December 07, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha Takes Root in Brazil
by Robert P. Walzer (New York Times) A Brazilian start-up is testing the possibility of implementing a large-scale biofuels project using jatropha, a family of hardy, succulent plants. The company, BioVentures Brasil, is getting $1 million from the InterAmerican Development Bank for
December 04, 2009 Read Full Article
Rwanda: Bio-Diesel; Country Shows the Way
(AllAfrica Editorial) ... Rwanda entered a groundbreaking agreement with two international firms Eco-fuels Global LLC, from the United States and Eco Positive Ltd from the UK. The two firms will invest $250 million to grow Jatropha Curcas on 10,000 hectares of
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Renewable Energy Group Publishes "Feedstock and Biodiesel Characteristics Report"
... The goals of this project were to produce biodiesel from a wide variety of feedstocks and to provide the characteristics of both the feedstock and biodiesel. The project is unique because it encompasses an extensive range of feedstocks and
November 22, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha Production Technology
Published by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Jatropha Production Technology gives straight-forward answers to frequently asked questions about cultivating and using jatropha curcas for commercial applications. READ MORE
November 11, 2009 Read Full Article
KLM to Join the Jet Biofuel Demonstration Flight Club Using a Camelina Blended Bio-Kerosene
(GreenairOnline.com) KLM has announced that it will conduct a demonstration flight on November 23 in which one of the four engines of a Boeing 747 will be powered by a blended mixture of 50 percent camelina and 50 percent standard
November 10, 2009 Read Full Article
Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP and Government of Mexico Launch Research and Advocacy Collaboration to Drive Commercial Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Boeing [NYSE: BA], the Airports and Auxiliary Services agency (ASA), an arm of Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport, and Honeywell’s UOP today announced a collaboration to identify, research and further the development of a commercially viable market for Mexico-sourced
October 23, 2009 Read Full Article
BioFuel Africa Begins Commercial Production of Jatropha Oil
Biofuel Africa Ltd. has begun commercial production of jatropha oil, the first company in West Africa to move from growing and selling jatropha fruits and seeds to production and sale of jatropha oil on a commercial scale for direct use,
October 23, 2009 Read Full Article
Recommendations for Improving the Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in China
REN21 released its report Recommendations for Improving the Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in China. This report provides a list of recommendations to the policy makers in China on improving the effectiveness of renewable energy policies domestically. This report was commissioned
October 22, 2009 Read Full Article
Indian States Fast-Track Jatropha 2.0, a Special Biofuels Digest Report
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest) Despite the Indian Government’s official go-slow policy on Jatropha, several Indian states are now planting the crop in a big way. These are not the old style monoculture plantations that led to the central government’s
October 14, 2009 Read Full Article
Boeing Looks at Greener Partnerships for Aviation
(CCTV) After producing aircraft components for Boeing for more than two decades, China is expected to become the US airplane manufacturer's research and development (R&D) partner for environmentally friendly technologies that will make the aviation industry greener. A key part of the
October 13, 2009 Read Full Article
Will These 4 Biofuels Be Bonanzas or Busts?
(Discover) ...(A)recent series of articles from Nature News feels like a public service, as the articles investigate the scientific and economic state of affairs for four different kinds of biofuels. The first article focused on the weedy plant jatropha, which was
October 12, 2009 Read Full Article
Egypt's Government Interested in Biofuels
(UPI) The Egyptian government is interested in cultivating plants with biofuel potential. The Egyptian state Wikalat Al-Anbaa' Al-Sharq Al-'awsat news agency reported Saturday that the jatropha plant is of particular interest to the country's Ministry of Agriculture. A ministry spokesperson
October 07, 2009 Read Full Article
Biofuel Gone Bad: Burma's Atrophying Jatropha
(Time) Each of Burma's states and divisions was ordered to dedicate around 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) to physic-nut (jatropha) cultivation, pressuring many ordinary citizens into a massive forced-planting campaign, according to human-rights groups. ... Puzzlingly, however, the junta's planting directive has
October 06, 2009 Read Full Article
How a Biofuel 'Miracle' Ruined Kenyan Farmers
by Nick Wadhams/Kibwezi (Time) Everyone in Kibwezi, a village in southeastern Kenya parched by four years of drought, remembers the promises. It all started in 2000, when the government started preaching the word about a plant called jatropha curcas. That
October 06, 2009 Read Full Article
Rwanda Develops Biofuel Production
(Biofuels International) ... Since 2007, the Rwandan Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (ISTR) has experimented with a number of feedstocks including palm, jatropha, moringa, castor and soy oils, in a 2,000 litre per day pilot facility at Kigali, Rwanda’s
September 24, 2009 Read Full Article
Trans-Asia Junks Biofuels Venture
by Amy R. Remo (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. has dropped its alternative fuels operations, citing the problems it encountered with its pilot jatropha project. “We found out early in the game that there was a problem on
September 18, 2009 Read Full Article
Taiwan Oil Firm Signs Deal to Produce Biofuels in Indonesia
(M&C Business) Taiwan's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) signed an agreement Wednesday to plant 100,000 hectares of crops for biofuels in Indonesia. ... Under the MOU, in the next five years, CPC is due to plant 100,000 hectares of Jatropha
September 08, 2009 Read Full Article
Sugar Cane to Return to Angola in Biofuel Move
by Louise Redvers (AFP) Angola will begin planting sugar cane for the first time in more than 30 years this month as the oil-rich country takes its first step toward biofuels. A 30,000 hectare (74,000-acre) site in Malanje province, hundreds
September 03, 2009 Read Full Article
Swiss Aid Study: „Jatropha! – A Socio-Economic Pitfall for Mozambique“ - Review by the Jatropha Alliance
The study “Jatropha! – A socio-economic pitfall for Mozambique” prepared by UNAC and JA for Swiss Aid (referred in the following to as Swiss Aid Study) provides a very one-sided and negative picture of the Jatropha sector in Mozambique. The
September 03, 2009 Read Full Article
BEI International Demonstrates Mechanical Jatropha Harvester; Potential Breakthrough in Productivity
In Honduras, BEI International has demonstrated its mechanical harvesting of jatropha at Agroipsa Farm in Choluteca, Honduras this month, harvesting 550 hectares. “If your field conditions are accommodating you can harvest about one hectare per hour with one person operating
August 28, 2009 Read Full Article
New Vision on Biofuels is Urgently Needed
... (Christian Aid's report)Growing Pains urges governments to adopt a new vision on biofuels, seeing them as a force for rural development in poor countries, rather than a silver bullet solution to climate change. ‘Christian Aid believes that the best approach
August 27, 2009 Read Full Article
Ghana Debates Viability of Biofuels
by Scott Stearns (Voice of America News) Africa is central to the worldwide growth in biofuels, with Dutch, American, Swedish, Japanese, German, and British firms all competing for farmland to grow the next generation of energy producing crops. Some farmers
August 26, 2009 Read Full Article
Biofuel projects in South Florida Have Promising Future, Challenging Present
by Doreen Hemlock and Jaideep Hardikar (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) The neatly planted rows of jatropha trees in Delray Beach are sprouting round, green fruit that can be crushed into oil to run diesel engines. Teri Gevinson founder of Ag-Oil LLC,
August 26, 2009 Read Full Article
Tanzanian Jatropha Agriculture Gains Momentum with USAID
by Happy Lazaro (Arusha Times) The United States of America has given Tanzania Tsh.6.5 billion (US Dollars 5.4 million) for development of Jatropha farming in rural areas. The American government issued the money through its development agency (USAID) under a
August 20, 2009 Read Full Article
Egypt to Cultivate Jatropha Plant for Biofuels
(Reuters) Egypt plans to expand the cultivation of the jatropha plant to produce biofuels, the state news agency said. The agency quoted an Agriculture Ministry official as stating that 200 feddans (84 hectares) in the Red Sea province of Hurghada
August 14, 2009 Read Full Article
Nigeria to Produce Biodiesel Commercially
(Biofuels International) Nigeria will start producing biodiesel commercially at some point next year, say scientists. Nigeria has been experimenting with biodiesel for several years. The Sweden-based telecoms operator Ericsson funded the first pilot biodiesel production in Nigeria under its corporate
August 12, 2009 Read Full Article
Emami Biotech to Set Up Biofuel Project in Ethiopia
(Business Standard) Emami Biotech, a part of the Rs 2,000-crore Emami Group, will invest Rs 400 crore in a plantation project over five years in Oromia in Ethiopia. The company will engage in plantation of biofuel crops (jatropha) and other
August 05, 2009 Read Full Article
The Water Footprint of Bioenergy
All energy scenarios show a shift toward an increased percentage of renewable energy sources, including biomass. This study gives an overview of water footprints (WFs) of bioenergy from 12 crops that currently contribute the most to global agricultural production: barley,
August 05, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha: Not a Miracle Biofuel Crop After All?
(Discover) The oil-rich and weedy plant jatropha has been hailed as the most promising source of biofuel on the planet, and one airline has already begun testing a jatropha-derived fuel in its jumbo jets. But a new analysis suggests that
August 05, 2009 Read Full Article
Can Botanical Tweaking Turn Jatropha Into a Biofuel Wonder Plant?
by Eliza Strickland (Discover) Can a tough and weedy shrub solve all of our energy problems and stop runaway climate change? Don’t be ridiculous—of course it can't. But that, briefly, was the hype surrounding Jatropha curcas, a poisonous plant that
July 28, 2009 Read Full Article
Jobs Listings (Biofuels and General Green)
In addition to the links below, job and internship opportunities may be posted as articles from time to time. See Green Jobs in the categories list or Green Jobs in the tags list along the right margin of the website.
July 21, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha and Sunflowers Growing for Mozambique Biodiesel Refinery
by Fred Katerere (Bloomberg) Mozambique’s Companhia do Buzi and Galp Energia SGPS SA, from Portugal, plan to build a refinery in the country within the next ten years to produce fuel from jatropha and sunflowers, Noticias reported, citing the group’s General
July 10, 2009 Read Full Article
Ag-Oil Plans Oilseed Biodiesel Production with Univ of Florida, Agronne National Lab, Univ of Southern Illinois
Ag-Oil Announces Plan to Build and Operate a Pilot-Scale Non-Food Oilseed Biodiesel Production Facility and Algae-based Integrated Biorefinery Ag-Oil, has announced its plan to work with United Environment and Energy (UEE), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), University of Florida (UF), and
July 02, 2009 Read Full Article
Abundant Biofuels Corporation Offers Low-Cost, Long-Term Contracts to Supply Jatropha Oil to U.S. Refiners With Under-Capacity Production Problems
Dr. Charles Fishel, Chairman of Abundant Biofuels Corporation, noted that "There are about 100 biodiesel refineries operating below capacity and another 47 idle refineries in the United States, alone." To help solve this problem, Abundant Biofuels provides standardized long-term contracts
June 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels from Jatropha curcas in West Africa: a Field Study
by Robert Ndong, Mireille Montrejaud-Vignoles, Oliver Saint Girons, Benoit Gabrielle, Roland Pirot, marjorie Domergue and Caroline Sablayrolles (Global Change Biology Bioenergy) In recent years, liquid biofuels for transport have benefited from significant political support due to their potential role in curbing
June 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha Can Raise Rural Incomes--Phillippine Study
by Rudy A. Fernandez, Checkbiotech Rural households can increase their income by growing jatropha. Attesting to this is a study done by the University of the Philippines Los Baños-College of Forestry and Natural Resources (UPLB-CFNR). Conducted by Dr. Nena
June 24, 2009 Read Full Article
Organizations Supporting Advanced Biofuels
25 x '25 Advanced Biofuels Association African CleanTech Association Ag Biomass Council Algal Biomass Organization Alternative Fuels Renewable Energies Council American Biofuels Council American Biofuels Now American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute American Coalition for Ethanol American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) American Farm Bureau American Ethanol Racing American Security Project American Soybean
June 24, 2009 Read Full Article
Companies Involved with Renewable Fuels and Biofuels
Check topics and categories (along the right margin of this page) for links to articles about these and other companies involved in research, development and distribution of advanced biofuels. Biofuels Digest also publishes databases designed for use by government authorities tracking
June 24, 2009 Read Full Article
AuStar Reports on Jatropha Growth Management Trials in Indonesia
Jatropha has been labeled the most likely crop for future biofuels. However, it suffers from low seed yield and high plant growth. A comprehensive series of trials has been conducted in Indonesia using AuStar's paclobutrazol to solve these major issues. The
June 23, 2009 Read Full Article
GreenGold Ray Energies Aims to More Than Double Its Jatropha Crude Oil Output by 2011
Green Gold Ray Energies, Inc., aims to double its jatropha crude oil output by 2011 through continuous increase yields of jatropha feedstocks, while the company increases its jatropha plantations. The jatropha plantations are expanding from 5,000 hectares to over 30,000
June 23, 2009 Read Full Article
Indonesian Government Not Serious in Developing Biofuels : researcher
The government is not serious in supporting the development of biofuel as an alternative energy source in the country, a biofuel researcher said. "There is no point in developing biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel if the effort is not
June 16, 2009 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Discovers Cold-Tolerant Jatropha; May Open US for More Cultivation
In California, SG Biofuels announced that it has identified multiple strains of cold tolerant Jatropha capable of thriving in climates outside the crop’s traditional subtropical habitat. The strains are included among thousands of variations of Jatropha curcas the firm has
June 16, 2009 Read Full Article
Gold Star to Cultivate Five Million Acres of Land for Biofuels in Ghana
Gold Star Biofuels a subsidiary of Gold Star Farms Ltd., is cultivating five million acres of land in Ghana to plant jatropha for the production of biofuels for export. According to the firm it has secured commitment from farmers to
June 16, 2009 Read Full Article
Ghana’s Jatropha Conundrum – More Questions than Answers
Ghana is becoming the Jatropha centre in Africa south of the Sahara. The attraction which the country has as a welcoming place for investors interested in the wonder plant, Jatropha which hopefully, would be the world’s answer to alternative energy
June 16, 2009 Read Full Article
NYT Reports Plant-Derived Fuels Could Be Certified for Fights within a Year, Says Boeing Exec
Katie Howell: Jet fuels derived from algae, camelina and jatropha -- plants that pack an energy punch, are not eaten as food and do not displace food crops -- could be approved and replacing petroleum fuels in commercial flights as
June 02, 2009 Read Full Article
UN Event Focuses on Advanced Biofuels Development in Dominican Republic, Way to Fight Poverty
The Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF) held its Third Annual "Partners Against Poverty" event at the UN with 45 high-level participants and observers representing five countries (Brazil, Dominican Republic, USA, Honduras and Haiti) to discuss business innovations in the development and production of
June 01, 2009 Read Full Article
Ardent Energy to Acquire 15,000 Hectares in Ethiopia for Jatropha Biodiesel
Biofuels Digest reports that in Ethiopia, Ardent Energy Group announced an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOARD) of Ethiopia to transfer 15,000 hectares, approximately 37,000 acres, to AEG for the purpose of cultivating jatropha and castor.
June 01, 2009 Read Full Article
Canadian Company Invests in Biodiesel from Jatropha and Forestry in China
Cathay Forest Products Corp. says it will pay C$2.9 million to acquire 40 per cent of Eco-Energy China Group, a private biodiesel producer based in China's southwestern province of Guizhou. Cathay Forest, which has its head office in Richmond Hill,
May 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Honeywell To Test Biofuel in APUs, Engines this Summer
Honeywell Aerospace is gearing up for biofuel tests on its APUs and engines this summer in a bid to stay ahead of the alternative fuel push. ... That project is now entering a second phase with biofuel tests, and Honeywell
May 22, 2009 Read Full Article
Indian Jatropha Yield without Fertilizer Less than Expected
At the time, jatropha’s promise seemed boundless. APJ Abdul Kalam, the president, even used his presidential address that year to extol its virtues. Jatropha can survive in the most arid wastelands, the story went, so vast barren swathes of India
May 13, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha Farm Featured on PBS Worldview Program Series
Farming Biodiesel, Inc., a sustainable, social Jatropha farming organization, in association with New Eye Productions and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), announces they will be featured in the upcoming television series titled Worldview Program. Breaking ground since 2007, Desert Center, California
May 12, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatopha Plantations Planned to Secure Rural India Jobs
The government of the Indian state of Orissa is preparing a master plan to use jatropha plantations to secure jobs for its rural areas. The proposal has gained renewed backing in recent months as refiners have begun to extract oil
May 08, 2009 Read Full Article
Bio Base Europe Develops the Region into the Bio-Based Economy Gateway in Europe
Bio Base Europe is a joint initiative of Biopark Terneuzen and Ghent Bio-Energy Valley. Both organisations have been working for some time for the expansion of a bio-based economy in the Flanders-Netherlands border region. Contrary to what is frequently assumed,
May 08, 2009 Read Full Article
Southern Online Bio Technologies To Establish Third Biodiesel Plant In India
Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd. (Southern Online Bio Technologies), an India-based internet services provider, is planning to establish a third (jatropha and pongamia-based) biodiesel plant by the end of 2009. The company also said that its second plant is being
May 04, 2009 Read Full Article
Sirona Fuels Launches Jatropha Community Farming in Haiti
Sirona Fuels, an emerging leader in alternative fuels, announced that it has begun Jatropha planting operations in Haiti over the past month in a joint venture with 3C Missions, an organization that has established a relief fund for over 1,100
May 01, 2009 Read Full Article
County Pledges $500,000 toward New Biofuel Plant
Lee County, Florida, Commissioners voted 3-2 to help fund the construction of a biodiesel processing plant by pledging $500,000 to Florida BioFuels LLC. The plant, which has no site or start date for construction, would have Lee County as its
May 01, 2009 Read Full Article
Can 100% of Jatropha Plant be Commercially Viable?
Most Jatropha growers currently plant and harvest Jatropha curcas primarily for its pure plant oil (PPO) for use as biofuel and biodiesel. However, it is shown that PPO only accounts for a mere 14% of the usable resources in every
April 28, 2009 Read Full Article
About Advanced Biofuels for Growers and Investors
Advanced Biofuels are liquid transportation or power generation/heating fuels derived from: low nutrient input/high per acre yield crops; agricultural or forestry waste; or other sustainable biomass feedstocks including algae. Some thoughts about the current state of Advanced Biofuels. If you are a
April 06, 2009 Read Full Article
Jatropha curcas as Fuel Source for Multi-Function Power Unit
Providing a local source of fuel is a critical element of energy independence and the jatropha plant has several qualities that make it an ideal choice as a fuel provider for a multi-function power unit (MPU) that can be used
April 06, 2009 Read Full Article
Feedstock R&D
Algae Seashore Mallow Cuphea Switchgrass Watermelon Hemp Citrus Waste Orange Peels Halophytes Barley Alfalfa Sorghum Australian Beauty Leaf Tree Mustard Miscanthus Sugar Beets Food Processing Leftovers Castor Corn Cobs Corn Stover Jatropha Salicornia Sunflower High Rusic Rapeseed Newspapers
March 04, 2009 Read Full Article
Energy, Biotechnology and Agribusiness Veterans Form SG Biofuels to Develop Jatropha as Low-Cost, Sustainable Oil
Following three years of research, a team of energy, biotechnology and agribusiness veterans announced the formation of SG Biofuels, a San Diego, CA-based plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainably produced source of oil.
February 10, 2009 Read Full Article
SG Biofuels Launches Jatropha Developer at 2009 National Biodiesel Conference
Following three years of research, a team of energy, biotechnology and agribusiness veterans today announced the formation of SG Biofuels, a San Diego, CA-based plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainably produced source of
February 02, 2009 Read Full Article
Sirona Fuels Acquires Blue Sky Biofuels and Invests in Jatropha to Expand Production of High-Quality, Sustainable Biofuel
Through its purchase of Blue Sky Biofues, Sirona has acquired an Oakland, CA-based refinery that produces high-quality biodiesel from both virgin and non-virgin feedstocks. READ MORE
February 02, 2009 Read Full Article
Algae, Coal, and Jatropha: the Future of Aviation Fuels?
On January 7, 2009, Continental Airlines flew a successful demonstration out of Houston in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell’s UOP. One of the Boeing 737’s two engines was powered with standard A1 aviation fuel. The other ran
January 12, 2009 Read Full Article
BioJetFuel Powers Passenger Jet Test Flight
A New Zealand Air passenger jet partially powered by a 50-50 blend of oil from jatropha plants and standard A1 jet fuel successfully completed a two-hour flight December 30 to test a biofuel that could lower airplane emissions and cut
January 07, 2009 Read Full Article
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