Biofuel Plant One Of Several Experiments On Board STS-130 UK-based Carbon Credited Farming (CCF) congratulated NASA on the successful launch of the Endeavour Space Shuttle today. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center taking with it new scientific experiments, including a study of the Jatropha curcas plant, used for producing biofuel.
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Posted in Uncategorized, jatropha curcas on Nov 23rd, 2009
San Francisco Bay Area – based Eco-Fuel Global this week entered a groundbreaking agreement with the Government of Rwanda estimated to be worth in excess of $250m; to produce bio-fuels from Jatropha Curcas.
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Posted in Uncategorized, jatropha curcas on Nov 3rd, 2009
To get a sense of just how difficult it is to replace oil as a transportation fuel, VoiceofSanDiego.org in San Diego, Calif. said, consider the saga of jatropha curcas as a potential biodiesel feedstock.
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Kenya has embraced a hardy bush called jatropha curcas as the heart of a nascent biofuel industry. Proponents predict a future in which jatropha oil will power commercial jets and cars. But in Kenya, where the government has encouraged farmers to plant jatropha, things aren’t going so well.
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Two years ago singer–songwriter and activist Bob Geldof was so excited about biofuels he even became the special advisor to biomass company Helius. At the time, Geldof visited jatropha curcas plantations in Swaziland run by UK biodiesel producer D1 Oils.
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Posted in Uncategorized, jatropha curcas on Sep 30th, 2009
CAGAYAN DE ORO, PHILIPPINES–(Marketwire – 09/30/09) – GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc. (Pinksheets: GRYE – News ) very lucrative promise of green gold from Jatropha curcas is almost at hand as the company issues the FY 2013 Annual Oil Production Forecast of about $1.0 Billion Biodiesel Jatropha Oil
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A BIOFUEL producer has shifted into high gear as it seeks more expansion areas for production of jatropha curcas, locally called tuba-tuba, in General Santos City and Sarangani. read more
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GENERAL SANTOS — A biofuel producer has shifted to high gear, seeking more areas for the biodiesel source jatropha curcas, locally called tuba-tuba.
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Posted in Uncategorized, jatropha curcas on Jun 17th, 2009
Chaiyaphum – Thirty students here were rushed to a district hospital at noon after they ate poisonous Physic seeds (Jatropha curcas). Doctor Manij Chaicharnnarong, director of the Kaengkro Hospital, said 29 of the students were discharged after doctors performed detoxification aids for them.
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Posted in Uncategorized, jatropha curcas on Jun 8th, 2009
KORONADAL CITY — South Cotabato’s agriculture office on Monday dangled as much as 15,000 hectares for jatropha curcas plantation area to foreign investors.
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