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Status of Jatropha in South America
Jatropha Oil in South America
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. has delivered its first test shipment of Crude Jatropha Oil to Allegro Biodiesel Corporation's biodiesel production facility in Pollock Louisiana for processing into biodiesel fuel. Global Clean Energy Holdings is developing Jatropha plantations inLatin America. The two companies have entered into a testing and processing agreement to produce Jatropha biodiesel meeting ASTM and EU specifications. (Feb, 2008)
Brazil
- UK-based biodiesel specialist Viridas is seeking £5 million backing from institutional investors to fund plans for a new Jatropha farm in Brazil. The company has signed a supply agreement with chemicals giant Ineos to supply it with all the biofuel it can produce up to 60,000 tonnes a year and has spent the last year working with South American agricultural consultant Cozanave to establish trial plantations and assess different technologies and fertilisation, irrigation and pruning techniques. Now it is seeking £5 million in funding to build a 250 hectare "home farm" from which to begin producing Jatropha oil on a commercial scale (Feb 2009).
- A start-up company, BioVentures Brazil, is getting $1 million from the InterAmerican Development Bank for a pilot project on about seven hectares in Bahia, in north-eastern Brazil, where it hopes eventually to develop a plantation on 20,000 hectares of mostly abandoned cattle-grazing land. The pilot will determine whether the species can adapt to the area’s soil and climate, as well as other factors like how best to work with local communities
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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