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Jatropha real life problems faced by Indian companies
Model farm in Vyasa district of Gujarat is reporting yields of only 200 grams of jatropha oil per plant. Aditya Aromatics is reporting that cultivation costs for jatropha oil are $7.67 per gallon compared to a conventional diesel cost of $2.60 per gallon. The two groups say that their tests have been on poor soils with no fertilizer; on a plot of land where fertilizer has been applied by the Vyasa model farm, the plants are yielding 4 kilos per plant.
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Southern Online Tech Jatropha Plans
Southern Online Bio Technologies will expand capacity by adding a 3rd jatropha & pongamia-based biodiesel plant by the close of 2009 - in Anantapur, Kurnool or Chittoor districts. Co has a current capacity of 3.5 Mgy which it sells to customers such as APSRTC and South Central Railways, said that the new plant will have a crushing capacity of 500 T of oil seed per day; it will market omegaa-3 fatty acids and glycerine in addition to biodiesel and seedcake. - Read More
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D1 Oils jatropha efforts
D1 Oils in India had set a goal of 2.7 tonnes of oil per acre from its new E1 seed and 1.7 tonnes from ?normal seed?, or 2-3.5 kilos per plant, is reporting that it is at 500 grams per plant and is aiming for 1 kilo per plant in two more years. They also confirmed that plant mortality is elevated - Read More
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SBI gives loans for jatropha
Recently, the State Bank of India provided a boost to the cultivation of Jatropha in India by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with D1 Mohan, a joint venture of D1 Oils plc, to give loans to the tune of 1.3 billion rupees to local farmers in India. Farmers will also be able to pay back the loan with the money that D1 Mohan pays for the Jatropha seeds. - Read More
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100 Million Jatropha Saplings Planted in Chhattisgarh
In India, the Chhattisgarh state minister for forests said that the planting of 100 million jatropha saplings on 40,000 hectares throughout the state has been completed. The state spent $15.1 million on the project, which will ultimately plant 1 million hectares of fallow land with jatropha by 2012, and create 1.43 billion in revenue from the sale of biodiesel. - Read More
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Avg investment per hectare for jatropha
an average investment of 300-500 USD per hectare...
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India in limelight for biofuels
India, where a combination of state oil firms chasing down a proposed E10 mandate, as well as the importance of India as the center for global jatropha R&D, plus the sheer size of the Indian energy market, has made the country a cornerstone in the global biofuels market. - Read More
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Viridas drives ahead with jatropha biodiesel in Brazil
Viridas, the Alternative Investment Market-listed company, is moving forward with plans to establish a "base plantation" in Brazil as it looks to develop its strategy of producing biofuels. The Leeds-based company is to use the South American location as a central area to grow jatropha trees which it hopes will form the next generation of alternative fuel stock.
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Research Launches Nigeria Nearer To Jatropha Biofuel
IN a bid to boost fuel production in the country, two non-governmnetal organisations, Food for All International, (FFAI) and Center for Jatropha Promotion and Biofuels, at the weekend, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, achieve the goal using Jatropha seed. Said FFAI technical adviser, Prof.Winston Belgam, the aim of the understanding was to assist the petroleum sector meet up the expectation of the people on it - Nov 2008
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Uganda getting on to Jatropha bandwagon
A local company Africa Power Initiative (API) is in advanced stages of producing 60,000 litters a day from locally grown jatropha and other oil seeds in Uganda's north-eastern region of Karamoja. The project fully integrates the local community, was kick-started in April 2008, and is the brainchild of a API in partnership with American and local investors. The farm located in Karamoja's southern most district of Nakapiripit district, employs over 500 people on 2,000 acres of land. - Read More
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