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Jatropha Curcas, The Nut of Choice for Biodiesel!

By on February 19, 2009 in Jatropha Biodiesel

Major new expansions being made with Jatropha Curcas being processed into a clean green biodiesel fuel. Green Gold Ray Energies Inc. announced today that its biodiesel refinery in Nasipit Port, Agusan del Norte will be opened in the next 90 days. Below is the perspective view of the GRYE Processing & Refinery Plant, capable of [...]

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Time Magazine: The Next Big Biofuel, Jatropha Curcas?

By on February 10, 2009 in Jatropha Biodiesel

Renewable energy, it turns out, does grow on trees. The fruit pods plucked from jatropha trees have seeds that produce clean-burning diesel fuel. But unlike corn and other biofuel sources, the jatropha doesn’t have to compete with food crops for arable land. Even in the worst of soils, it grows like weeds. Sound too good [...]

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Powering an Airplane on a Bunch of Nuts

By on January 5, 2009 in Jatropha Biodiesel

An historical moment on December 30, 2008: Air New Zealand makes history via jatropha powered flight while General Motors plans to sign a pact for jatropha production. The flight was the first to use jatropha as part of a biofuel mix. HONG KONG: Despite plunging oil prices, airlines are intensifying their search for alternative fuels [...]

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Jatropha Biodiesel Only Getting Hotter

By on December 30, 2008 in Jatropha Biodiesel

There have been more recent developments for Jatropha Curcas oil being used as a biodiesel fuel as more and more  interest is being generated for this plant. New Test Date for Jatropha Biodiesel by Air New Zealand. December 30th is the new test date for Air New Zealand test flight using Jatropha Curcas as a [...]

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Nope, Myanmar.

By on December 16, 2008 in Jatropha Biodiesel

Will a Small Nut Save the World? Picture Credit: C Mulvany I remember meeting with a research scientist last summer who’s background was biofuels and engineering. We talked about various feed stocks for biodiesel and when the topic came to Jatropha Curcas, he surprised me with the following statement: “Jatropha won’t make it because it [...]

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