 Jatropha has great potential to save greenhouse gases The threshold of 35% greenhouse gas (GHG) savings for biofuels by the European Union is easily met by Jatropha. These are the findings of an independent report by sustainability consultants Partners for Innovation. The study commissioned by the Jatropha Alliance and Sun Biofuels demonstrates that even using very conservative assumptions on yields and other parameters, Sun Biofuels Mozambique is saving 39% of GHG compared to fossil fuels if the Jatropha biodiesel is produced in the UK. The now published GHG report also highlights the potential of Jatropha biodiesel to achieve a GHG saving of up to 73%. > read more |
13 – 15 March 2012
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
July 2011 – Biodiesel Magazine
Neste Oil expands input stream to include jatropha, camelina
June 2011 – Biofuels Digest
July 2011 - Biofuels Digest
Mexican pilot plant installed to produce 3,000 liters biodiesel from jatropha per month
Uganda’s president Museveni promotes jatropha expansion with Pegasus Investments
May 2011: QUINVITA
QUINVITA and AVIAM sign strategic alliance on Jatropha curcas
July 2011: SFGate
ASTM International gives go-ahead for commercial airlines to use biofuel
July 2011: Jatrofuels
Initiative For Aviation Biofuels Launched In Germany – aireg
July 2011: Neste Oil
Lufthansa begins regularly scheduled flights using Neste Oil´s renewable aviation fuel
July 2011: MercoPress
Mexican Airline Interjet conducts first commercial bio-fuel flight in Latin America
July 2011: Bioscholar
