Biofuel Africa commences production of jatropha oil in Ghana

In Ghana, Biofuel Africa has commenced commercial production of jatropha oil, and has also commenced a program to test its Straight Vegetable Oil  as a “drop-in” replacement to fossil fuel for running tractors, cars, generators and other machinery. Its own equipment and machinery is already 100 percent fossil fuel-independent. Early results have confirmed that vehicles and machines running on SVO give the same performance as engines running on fossil fuel.

The company currently has 1,631 acres of jatropha under cultivation, and has increased acreage for local farmers’ food crops tenfold, with plans to cultivate another 6,300 acres of maize, rice and soybeans in 2010, producing approximately 6,000 – 8,000 tons of additional food crops for the 2010 season.

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