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- Jatropha Gets a Champion in SG Biofuels
- Jatropha, a plant with toxic berries, is on its way to becoming the world's newest cash crop, if companies can figure out how to make its growing cycles as predictable as those of other crops. SG Biofuels wants to be at the forefront, establishing a gene library for jatropha and...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
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- Miracle Biofuel Plant Jatropha Reveals Its Achilles Heel
- Jatropha, a hardy, drought resistant plant that grows oil-heavy fruit, was supposed to be the salvation of the biodiesel industry. The plant, which was targeted for an $80 million pilot project by BP and D1 Oils, can grow on marginal lands that crops don't like. It tends to favor a...
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Air New Zealand Takes Off With Jatropha Biofuel
- Air New Zealand has completed what it says was the first commercial test flight using biofuel made from the jatropha plant. Jatropha, which produces seeds that contain inedible lipid oil, can be grown on land that’s not usable for food crops, making it a potentially more environmentally friendly feedstock for...
- News items 2009-08-07
- GM in jatropha biodiesel venture
- General Motors GM is partnering with India’s Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute CSMCRI to develop jatropha-based biodiesel. CSMCRI will research and produce jatropha oil. When refined into biodiesel, the oil will be tested on GM’s vehicles. The jatropha will be cultivated on two acres of land owned...
- Articles 2009-03-29
- Growing interest in jatropha
- D1 Oils Plc, which is headquartered in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, is collaborating with London-based BP Plc to plant the world's first selected seeds of jatropha. With these improved seeds, D1 expects to harvest almost 60% more nonedible oil than it would from wild-type seeds. D1 estimates it will be able...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Energy Roundup: BP Drops Jatropha, Wal-Mart Eco Index, Climate Debate Fireworks and More
- BP leaves D1 Oils Jatropha biofuels venture -- D1 Oils has reached an agreement to buy BP's50 percent interest in D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, a joint venture to plant Jatropha. Signs of BP's exit have been on the horizon since last month and will allow D1 to join its planting and...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Blue Sun Submits Proposal for $42 Million Biodiesel Project Based on the Jatropha Plant
- ENERGY RESOURCE-14 September 2007-Blue Sun Submits Proposal for $42 Million Biodiesel Project Based on the Jatropha PlantC2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com
- Research articles 2007-09-14
- Australia's Mission seals biofuel deal with Valero
- Valero Energy, the US's biggest independent refiner, signed a five-year deal, worth up to $3.5bn, to buy biodiesel from Mission NewEnergy, an Australian-listed biodiesel refiner. The agreement also gives Valero the right to buy up to 25 per cent of Mission at A$0.45 per common share, representing a 61 per...
- News items 2009-12-11
- Gushan Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of JinMing Liu with Ardour Capital. JinMing Liu - Ardour Capital Investments Good evening. First question is related to your VAT tax refund -- in the news release, you mentioned your Shanghai plant got the certification and...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-15
- Zimbabwe touts new scheme to make 'bio-diesel' from shrub
- HARARE AFP — Reeling under the country's worst fuel crisis, Zimbabwe is looking at a scheme to make "bio-diesel" from a tough drought-resistant shrub. A Harare machine maker has launched a project to get Zimbabweans to extract oil from the seed of the jatropha tree, which is commonly used...
- Research articles 2005-10-09
- Continental to run biofuel test flight on 737 jet in Houston
- Houston Platts--7Jan2009 Continental Airlines Wednesday will run a test flight in Houston of a 737commercial jet using aviation fuel derived from algae and jatropha for thefirst such demonstration in North America, the company said. The technology for the fuel was developed by UOP, the refining technologylicensing and consulting division of...
- News items 2009-08-07
- JV to undertake India's biggest biofuels project.(Joint-Ventures)(Brief article)
- New Delhi, India -- A joint-venture JV project funded by BP, in conjunction with The Energy and Resources Institute TERI--in Andhra Pradesh State--is aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of producing biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas, a non-edib New Delhi, India -- A joint-venture JV project...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Philippine oil company sets aside 26 mln dlrs for biofuel plantations
- PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines AFP — The state-run Philippine National Oil Company PNOC said Friday it has allocated 26 million dollars to establish plantations for jatropha -- a crop intended for biofuels. The PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC), the arm of the state company looking at finding alternative energy sources, said...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- University of Michigan's Ross school of business
- A four-person MBA team from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business won the Inaugural Africa MBA Business Plan Competition held by Knox Lawrence International, LLC KLI, a New York-based private equity firm. The theme of the competition was Microfinance Apolications inSub-Saharan Africa. The Ross team's plan focused on...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- California Kicks Corn-based Ethanol to the Curb; Welcomes Futuristic Biofuels
- The corn ethanol industry already reeling from low gasoline prices and higher corn and energy costs suffered another blow to its bottom line and possibly its future Thursday when the California Air Resource Board OK'd the nation's first low-carbon fuel standard. In a 9-1 vote late Thursday CARB approved...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- CNOOC Oil Base to build bio-diesel base.(Panzhihua, Sichuan province)(Brief article)
- On September 12th, 2006, CNOOC Oil Base Group Limited CNOOC Oil Base, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNOOC signed an agreement with Panzhihua Municipal Gorvernment of Sichuan province on "Jatropha-based bio-diesel production project in western Panzhihua". Under...
- Research articles 2006-09-26
- Inside Synthetic Genomics, Exxon's New Algae Partner
- Yesterday BNET's Kirsten Korosec covered a new $600 million deal by ExxonMobil to develop biofuels using algae, an uncharacteristic move for a company that has often scoffed at renewable energy. Much has been made of Exxon's decision to support algae over other alternative fuels, like cellulosic ethanol or biodiesel from...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- British Petroleum, Alternative Energy and Lessons from China
- Oil major British Petroleum BP, following a leadership succession reportedly cancelled its renewable energy program and withdrew from its joint venture with the company D1 on biodiesel production. The joint venture was set to utilize the oil crop jatropha Jatropha curcas as feedstock. by Dennis U. Atuanya
- External links 2009-07-22
- Toyota backs jatropha in Thailand
- Toyota Motor Thailand Co. Ltd. based at Samrong Tai Phra Pradaeng in the province of Samut Prakan and Toyota Technical Centre Asia Pacific Thailand Co. Ltd. (located at nearby Bang Bo and PTT PIc. with head office at Bangkok) signed a memorandum of unToyota Motor Thailand Co. Ltd. (based at...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Madagascar energy firm announces green fuel programme
- ANTANANARIVO AFP — Farmers in Madagascar are going all out to produce an environmentally friendly fuel from a shrub they hope can be used to meet five percent of diesel needs within a couple of years, a local energy firm has announced. The project aims to see the Jatropha...
- Research articles 2005-11-09
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