(Biofuels International) LL Biofuels Namibia is set to produce its own biodiesel after signing an agreement that will see the
Jatropha
Back TO HOMENew 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
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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
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
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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
April 20, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
March 24, 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,
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
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
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
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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
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,
February 22, 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
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
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
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
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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
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,
February 10, 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
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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
January 12, 2010 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
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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
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
December 04, 2009 Read Full Article
School Club's Biodiesel Project Going Global
by Joel Hood (Chicago Tribune) Some time ago, Brian Sievers picked up a crazy notion that one simple idea might
December 03, 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
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Jatropha Production Technology
Published by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Jatropha Production Technology gives straight-forward answers to frequently asked questions about cultivating and using
November 11, 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
October 23, 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
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
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
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
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
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
October 06, 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
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
September 08, 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
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
August 28, 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
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
August 14, 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
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,
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
July 28, 2009 Read Full Article
For Greening Aviation, Are Biofuels the Right Stuff?
byDavid Biello (Yale Environment 360) Biofuels – made from algae and non-food plants – are emerging as a potentially viable alternative
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
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
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)
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
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
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
June 23, 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
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
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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
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
June 02, 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
June 01, 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
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
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),
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
May 08, 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
April 06, 2009 Read Full Article
Industrial Biotechnology in China Amidst Changing Market Conditions
by Elizabeth Nesbitt (Journal of International Commerce and Economics) The increasing use of industrial biotechnology by the Chinese liquid biofuels and