Jatropha Biofuels Technologies announces 20 percent gain in jatropha oil extraction

March 26, 2008

In Wyoming, Jatropha Biofuels TechnologiesÂ said that initial tests showed that its jatropha oil extraction will process produce more than 20 percent more oil over current, expeller technologies, and is more scalable. The technology uses high pressure gas to maximize extraction rates.

Myanmar announces jatropha biodiesel JV with Japan Development Institute

In Myanmar, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation announced that it will form a joint venture with the Japan Development Institute and Japan Bio Energy Development Cooperation to produce jatropha...

Florida’s My Dream Fuels aims to plant 900,000 jatropha trees

In Florida, My Dream Fuel has initiated a campaign to recruit farmers to plant 900,000 jatropha trees, or enough to produce as much as 1.5 Mgy of jatropha oil from 2,250 acres. The company said that i...

Florida firm has 1 million jatropha seedlings in ground as jatropha begins take-off in US

In Florida, My Dream Fuel has 1 million jatropha seedlings in the ground in Hendry County, and is planning to open a 150,000 sq ft seed crushing unit to produce jatropha oil for the US market. The com...

Swaziland jatropha plantation gets underway

In Swaziland, activist Bob Geldof was on hand to promote jatropha-based biodiesel. D1 Oils recently raised $170 million on the Alternative Investment Market, and recently signed a joint venture with B...

Dream Fuels partners with Lee County for Florida jatropha demonstration

Dream Fuels donated 1,500 jatropha seedlingsÂ to Lee County for a 1-acre demonstration farm. The county plans to use jatropha and restaurant grease to produce biodiesel fuel for the county fleet. ...

Malaysian consortium says oil palm genome now mapped; jatropha in progress; new high-yield strains projected

In Malaysia, the Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology and Synthetic Genomics announced the completion of a draft assembly of the oil palm genome, and progress toward sequencing and analyzing the jatro...

Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Research