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Status of Jatropha in North America
USA
- GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc. (GRYE) has entered into a joint venture with the South Texas Jatropha Farmsthat has been farming and cultivating Jatropha. The company is purchasing the first 25 acres of farm lands expanding its jatropha plantations in the U.S.A. GRYE will construct a biodiesel oil conversion plant, a refinery and a laboratory on a 2 acre site. (Sep 2008)
- Fort Lauderdale-based Global Energy Trading Company, Getco, is among the Jatropha pioneers in South America, with plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in Peru,Colombia and may be in Brazil. International Clean Energy of Palm Beach Gardens is testing different varieties to figure out which are best suited forSouth Florida conditions to yield the most biodiesel. (Jul 2008)
- In Wyoming, Jatropha Biofuels Technologies said that initial tests showed that its Jatropha oil extraction will 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 (Mar 2008)
- Amelot Holdings, Inc. and Pan-Am Biofuels, Inc., a Utah-based company with bio-fuel feedstock plantations located in Costa Rica, have announced a joint venture partnership to develop a 2,000-acre Jatropha plantation in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. (Aug, 2007)
- Allegro Biodiesel has commenced processing of Jatropha oil into biodiesel on a test basis. (Jul 2008).
- There are about 100 biodiesel refineries operating below capacity and another 47 idle refineries in theUnited States, alone, according to Dr Charles Fishel, Chairman of Abundant Biofuels Corporation. To help solve this problem, Abundant Biofuels is providing standardised long-term contracts of five or 10 years in multiples of 50,000 barrels of Jatropha oil along with financial assistance. Several US biodiesel refiners soon will be announcing that they have secured 10-year Jatropha oil contracts with Abundant Biofuels.(June 2009)
- SG Biofuels has identified several strains of cold tolerant Jatropha capable of thriving in climates previously thought to be outside of the crop's preferred subtropical habitat. Using the strains, the company has initiated a breeding programme to develop Jatropha as an oil-producing crop in the colder climates of the United States. The strains are included among thousands of variations of Jatropha curcas the firm has collected from a range of climates and geographies around the world as part of its Genetic Resource Center, the world's largest, most diverse collection of Jatropha genetic material (June 2009)
Mexico
The centre of Jatropha origin is Mexico and South America. The agro climatic conditions prevailing inMexicoare conducive for Jatropha cultivation on commercial scale.
The country has passed a law to encourage development of biofuels that don't threaten food security and the agriculture ministry has since identified some 2.6 million hectares of land with a high potential to produce Jatropha (March 2009).
The Jatropha activities are:
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. has acquired approximately 5,000 acres of land in theMexicanStateofYucatanthrough its subsidiary GCE Mexico I, LLC. According to the company, the project will cover over 4.0 million Jatropha trees, which will produce oil and biomass for more than 30 years. ( May, 2008)
Related Links
- Introduction to the Biofuel Industry
- Properties of Jatropha
- Characteristics of Jatropha
- Extracting Jatropha Oil
- Pre-extraction of Jatropha Oil
- Extraction of Oil from Jatropha Seed
- Filtration & Purification of Jatropha Oil
- Clarification of the Oil
- Getting Clean Jatropha Oil
- Refining the pure Oil
- Typical Processes & Equipments for Jatropha Oil Refinery Plants
- Removing the toxins from the Meal
- Uses of Jatropha Meal
- Properties of Jatropha Oil
- Global Biodiesel Production and Capacity
- Global Market View on Jatropha
- Strategies for Financing
- Status of Jatropha in Asia
- Status of Jatropha in Europe
- Status of Jatropha in Africa
- Status of Jatropha in South America
- Status of Jatropha in North America
- Status of Jatropha Oil Production in India
- Genetic Engineering in Jatropha
- Status of Genetic Engineering of Jatropha in India
- Present Market Scenario for Jatropha
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