Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 11th, 2010
Manila Times reported that Toyota Tsusho Corporation is eyeing to dominate Asia’s biodiesel industry with a plan to establish a hub in the Philippines in two years’ time. Mr Hirohiko Omur…
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2010
Several GCC investors have expressed interest in investing in the Philippines’ renewable sector, said an official.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2010
The company said it would intercrop jatropha with veg… Trans-Asia abandons jatropha in Philippines; cites poor results from pilot; In the Philippines, The Inquirer is reporting that Trans-Asia is abandoning its plans to develop a …
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 31st, 2009
TOYOTA Tsusho Corp., the trading affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., plans to start growing jatropha next year in the Philippines as it bets that higher crop yields and oil prices will make the plant a profitable alternative fuel.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2009
The potential commercial production of Jatropha methyl ester (JME) or biodiesel in the Philippines has gained much interest from both local and foreign investors due to the perceived low feedstock cost. Since the production of biodiesel …
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2009
I chose it because it indicates the pure promise of the crop Jatropha curcas, popularly called simply as Jatropha , as man’s main source of biodiesel to fuel his cars & trucks, at least in the Philippines. My question is: How much do we …
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2009
The Philippines may reap an estimated $351.3 million worth of investments from US companies that participated in a four-day trade mission in Manila and Davao last October.
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel on Nov 11th, 2009
MANILA – US companies have pledged to invest a total of $351.3 million in biofuel, food processing and aquaculture projects in the Philippines, the government said on Wednesday.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2009
Though the civil aviation sector accounts for only two per cent of the global carbon emission, the industry has conducted sufficient research on the usage of alternative fuels, from the prospective of both environment and cost.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2009
Brazil faces snags similar to other countries when it comes to using jatropha as potential feedstock for biodiesel, according to the Manila Bulletin in Manila, Philippines.