NCT Jacam Energy Co is set to begin producing jatropha oil this month once approval from the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy is received, according to company President Chheuy Sophors. The Japan-Cambodia joint venture plans to produce 100 litres of the oil, which can be converted into biodiesel, daily when the plant opens. It [...]

Malawi is considering creating two new biodiesel plants to diversify energy resources. The landlocked southeast African country has launched a multimillion-dollar program focusing on large-scale farming of the jatropha plant, a non-food crop that can be grown on semi-arid land. The name “jatropha” comes from two Greek words meaning “physician” and “nutrition” and is more [...]

ALLAHABAD: Jatropha (bio-diesel) plantation has started on community lands under the Jeevan Jyoti project. The project envisages the use of wastelands in rural areas under the ownership of local panchayats. Bharat Renewal Energy Limited (BREL), joint venture company, is acting as facilitator for Jatropha plantation and marketing of its seeds. In the district, plantation has [...]

By JESSICA LEBER of ClimateWire Published: October 5, 2009 The emerging cellulosic biofuel industry, stung by frozen credit markets, ineffective federal loan programs and lagging federal policies, will fall far short of mandated production volumes over the next few years. U.S. EPA is now pushing to implement a new renewable fuels standard (RFS) that will [...]