Search Results for 'jatropha'
IndianOil develops new biodiesel technology from jatropha
Tweet In India, IndianOil has successfully developed and commercialised a technology to co-process non-edible vegetable oil in the existing Diesel Hydrotreating (DHDT) units of a petroleum Refinery to make biodiesel. This is first time in India and possibly the first in the world when Jatropha oil has been used for co-processing in a petroleum refinery. [...]
Zimbabwe study finds jatropha good for local use but not commercial scale
Tweet In Zimbabwe, Environment Africa and WWF did a study on jatropha production at household level and found that it was economically viable even if yields were as low as .5kg per hectare when jatropha cake along with other byproducts and household lighting were the aim. When the model was to sell the seeds to [...]
“Technology incubation in Agriculture”: new white paper from Kapyon Ventures
Tweet In recent weeks, Kapyon Ventures led two Series A capital raises: Algenetix, a company developing biofuels and other products from microbes, raised $2 million while ZeaKal, a developer of technologies to increase yields from soybeans and rice, has raised $3.8 million. Today, we excerpt from a white paper detailing Kapyon’s incubation model: “New ventures [...]
Biofuels and the Problem of Tropical Islands, part I of II
Tweet Peril and Promise from Haiti to Hawaii: a two-part series Few places are as long on beauty yet short on energy as a tropical island. Geology denies them fossil fuels for cheap fuel, powerful export incomes, or fertilizers. Heavy rainfall brings them thin soils better suited to growing wood than staple crops. Deforestation is [...]
Sugar Shock: Sweetwater, Naturally Scientific ink $250M pact for biobased sugars
Tweet The end-goal? High-value oils. Low-cost sugars become shock troops in the war for sustainability. In New York, we’ve learned that Sweetwater Energy will announce a project today to provide Naturally Scientific with customized industrial sugars over the course of 15 years in a transaction valued at $250 million. Sweetwater will use its patented, decentralized process [...]
INOCAS and Leuphana University Lüneburg Publish Global Market Survey on Jatropha
Tweet In Germany, INOCAS launched “Insights into Jatropha Projects Worldwide” based on a global survey of 111 managers of Jatropha cultivation projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The survey showed low profits as the main problem of many Jatropha projects, caused by insufficient seed yields. More than half (58 %) of all projects work exclusively or [...]
SG Biofuels aims to expand jatropha footprint into Asia, Africa in 2013
Tweet In New York, Bloomberg is reporting that jatropha 2.0 developer SG Biofuels is “seeking a partner in Southeast Asia or Africa and expects to complete a cooperation deal within 180 days” to expand its growth in the hot, “growing zone” for jatropha. SGB has signed up [artners with more than 250,000 acres signed up [...]
African Power Initiative launches biodiesel production in Uganda
Tweet In Uganda, African Power Initiative is ramping up its first biodiesel facility in the country with several hundred liters per day produced currently, ramping up to phase 1 of 4,000 per liters per day in the mini-distillery it has built. Phase 2 will see production increase to 60,000 liters per day. The facility is [...]
The Carbon Fix? Think Carbon Suit. ZeaKal raises $3.8M in Series A financing
Tweet Crop yield and oil content increases of up to 50% and 34% seen from ZeaKal’s HME technology. Though in early days — what’s going on? Last week, ZeaKal announced that it had raised $3.8 million in its Series A financing. A successful Series A is always a good indication that, while it is early [...]
Attention K-Mart Shoppers: Sapphire’s Green Crude on Sale Now
Tweet Show me the gallons? Where’s all the algae fuel, you ask? In Sapphire Energy’s case, it’s headed for Tesoro. In California, Sapphire Energy announced it has entered into a commercial agreement to sell crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico to Tesoro. “The Green Crude Farm recently reached a new [...]
