SG Biofuels heads for Brazil in jatropha for jets deal

In Brazil, SG Biofuels announced it has teamed with JETBIO, leader of a multi-stakeholder initiative including Airbus, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bioventures Brasil, Rio Pardo Bioenergia, Air BP and TAM Airlines, to accelerate the production of crude Jatropha oil as a source for aviation bio jet fuel in Brazil.

SG Biofuels will work with Bioventures Brasil, an energy crop project developer, and other program partners on a multi-phased program leading to the deployment of 75,000 acres of intercropped Jatropha plantations in the Central-west region of Brazil using SGB’s JMaxTM hybrid seeds. Over the initial phase of the program, SGB will develop hybrid varieties of Jatropha adapted to growing conditions in the Central-west region, and work with Bioventures Brasil and Rio Pardo Bioenergia to select, test and scale the highest yielding hybrids for the planned deployment of the commercial project.