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 will yield as much as 1250 kg of crude Jatropha oil per harvest when it is mature in 5 years time. Since two harvests can be expected in Ghana the plantation can be expected to give 125,000 tonnes of oil every year.
…The Company’s third generation bio-fuel combines waste streams and virgin crude oils into a clean burning energy rich fuel for industry and power generation. READ MORE