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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Plans for Jatropha Biodiesel in India
Plans for Jatropha Biodiesel in India
Quoting from a post I saw at Biodiesel Blog:
"...in certain parts of the world, governments and some corporations consider the jatropha plant, common in hot climates, one of the most promising sources of biodiesel. The plant can grow in wastelands, and it yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and more than ten times that of corn. But the commercial-scale cultivation of jatropha, which has not previously been grown as a crop, raises several significant challenges."
..."So far, the project has signed up 5,000 farmers representing 1,000 hectares of land. The goal is to have 8,000 hectares under cultivation by March 2008, and Adholeya says that the success of the first crops has drawn interest from many more farmers....Eventually, it aims to produce 90 million liters of biodiesel annually."
Source: Biodiesel Blog
Quoting from a post I saw at Biodiesel Blog:
"...in certain parts of the world, governments and some corporations consider the jatropha plant, common in hot climates, one of the most promising sources of biodiesel. The plant can grow in wastelands, and it yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and more than ten times that of corn. But the commercial-scale cultivation of jatropha, which has not previously been grown as a crop, raises several significant challenges."
..."So far, the project has signed up 5,000 farmers representing 1,000 hectares of land. The goal is to have 8,000 hectares under cultivation by March 2008, and Adholeya says that the success of the first crops has drawn interest from many more farmers....Eventually, it aims to produce 90 million liters of biodiesel annually."
Source: Biodiesel Blog
Monday, March 26, 2007
Van Der Horst Biodiesel builds plant in Singapore
Van Der Horst Biodiesel builds S$40m plant in Singapore
By Tung Shing Yi, Channel NewsAsia, 21 March 2007
SINGAPORE: Van Der Horst Biodiesel is planning to build Singapore's first biodiesel plant that uses Jatropha as feedstock.
The plant on Jurong Island will cost the joint venture between Van Der Horst Engineering and the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, which is an institute linked to Nanyang Technological University, S$40 million.
Read the full report from here @ Channel News Asia
By Tung Shing Yi, Channel NewsAsia, 21 March 2007
SINGAPORE: Van Der Horst Biodiesel is planning to build Singapore's first biodiesel plant that uses Jatropha as feedstock.
The plant on Jurong Island will cost the joint venture between Van Der Horst Engineering and the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, which is an institute linked to Nanyang Technological University, S$40 million.
Read the full report from here @ Channel News Asia
Labels: biodiesel, jatropha, oilseeds
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