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Wartsila to build world's first jatropha powered CHP plant in Belgium
Apr 2008 - Finnish engineering firm Wärtsilä yesterday announced it had clinched an $11m deal to build the world's first engine-driven combined heat power and power (CHP) plant, designed to run off crude jatropha oil. The company said the CHP plant will deliver both heat and electricity by burning the liquid biofuel, which is extracted from seeds of the jathropha plant and has been widely touted by experts as a potentially environmentally sustainable source of biofuel. - Read More
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D1 Oils Makes Progress
announced that it is on track to deliver 1,000 tonnes of jatropha oil by the end of the year through its joint venture with energy giant BP and expects to expand its plantation operations from 257,370 hectares to 300,000 hectares over the next three months - Oct 2008
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Mercedes testing cars with jatropha
Mercedes has three cars testing jatropha-based biofuels - Nov 2008
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