Israel’s Galten is latest company to trial jatropha in Ghana; potential cutivation from Ghana jatropha industry nears 6 million acres

In Ghana, Galten Global Alternative Energy has commenced a jatropha trial on 99 acres, and said that it would expand cultivation up to 25,000 acres and produce 4 Mgy of jatropha oil per year if the trial is successful. The Israeli start up joins companies such as Gold Star Biofuels and Scanfuel, which are both planting jatropha on 5 million and 22,000 acres, respectively. ScanFuel said it has contracts to expand cultivation up to 840,000 acres based on successful results from its trials, but said that no more than 60 percent would be use for biofuels.

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