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JATROPHAWORLD 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends andshifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on asingle platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the presentand future dynamics of Jatropha. JATROPHAWORLD is organized by theCentre for Management Technology whose mission is to provide access tothe latest technology and business intelligence through high

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Stricter rules on carrying vegetable oils in bulk by ship are among the changes introduced by amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), which enter into force on 1 January 2007.The revised Annex II regulations on carriage of noxious liquid substances carried in bulk (including

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SINGAPORE, Feb. 12, 2008/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CAT Ltd.,has acquired the planting and land use rights for494,200 acres of land in Indonesia for the purpose of generating revenues froma plantation for Jatropha plants. The agreement was signed on February 5, 2008with Boulevard Holdings Group Ltd for the acquisition rights in growingJatropha, managing Jatropha plantations, and harvesting Jatropha

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Betty Liu, BloombergJim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu from Singapore about Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and other investment banks, Federal Reserve policy, airline stocks and the outlook for oil. Rogers said the increase in the price of crude oil has ``years to go'' as known sources of petroleum are dwindling. LIU: All right. Jim, also talk to us about oil

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The Jatropha curcas plant is emerging as a new source of a high quality biodiesel occurring in most tropical countries.On a global scale, Jatropha plantations could facilitate fuel and later food production from wastelands, stabilize degraded soils, decelerate erosion and capture wind borne nutrient particles.FACT SHEET - Jatropha CurcasJatropha curcas is an oil seed plant that occurs in almost

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Some 700 communities in Mali have installed biodiesel generators powered by oil from the hardy Jatropha curcas plant to meet their energy needs, according to Reuters. The Malian government is promoting cultivation of the inedible oilseed bush, commonly used as a hedge or medicinal plant, to provide electricity for lighting homes, running water pumps and grain mills, and other critical uses. Mali

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June 27th, 2008 PNOC-AFC President and CEO, Peter Anthony Abaya, announced the acquisition of equipment to aid in the research, development and adoption of Jatropha Curcas as an alternative fuel source in the Philippines. He also added that due to the high price of oil in the world market there is an urgent need to fast track biofuel projects in the country.The equipment purchase was co funded by

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Posted: Thu, Jan 10 2008. 4:20 AM IST Seema SinghMysore: As jatropha, the promising biofuel crop, gathers attention of government and businesses alike, a small biotech company in Mysore has made a significant contribution to the crop science. Labland Biotech Pvt. Ltd appears to have developed a proprietary process by which tissue culture plantlets of Jatropha curcas can be grown, from laboratory

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August 22, 2007 by Ron Mahabir A South Korean company is expected to invest about 210 million U.S. dollars in the Philippines for the development of jatropha, a source of raw material for making bio-diesel, a local daily newspaper reported on Wednesday. The 210-million-dollar investment from Korea Technology Industry Co. Ltd. (KTI) will come in the next two years, based on a memorandum of

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Tocantins, Brazil Brazil's first commercial jatropha biodiesel project goes into operation this month following the delivery of BioDiesel Technologies' (BDT) processing unit. BDT will deliver a further four processing units to increase the plant capacity to 40,000 t/y by the end of the year. Project operator, Compahnhia Productora de Biodiesel de Tocantins, has formed agreements with local

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7 May 2008By Ooi Tee ChingTHE Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) has been put in charge of jatropha plantations, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin said.This means MRB will develop high yielding jatropha clones and regulate large-scale jatropha plantations on marginal land.This way, jatropha plantations will not compete for agriculture land meant for food production, Chin

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15 Jul, 2008, 0758 hrs IST,Shramana Ganguly Mehta & Avinash Nair, ET BureauAHMEDABAD: Driven by soaring crude prices, auto giants General Motors, Daimler Chrysler and M&M have placed their bets on Jatropha. GM and Daimler Chrysler are not just getting the alternate fuel tested on their vehicles but also nurturing Jatropha cultivation for widescale experiments. Gujarat-based Central Salt and

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Published: 4 Apr 08 12:09 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.de/11093/German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday that the country would scrap plans to develop biofuels because they were not appropriate for millions of vehicles."We will not do it," Gabriel told German public broadcaster ARD.The VDIK association of foreign automakers said Friday that around 3.3 million vehicles, roughly

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by Prime SarmientoJun 25 (Newsmekong) - The jatropha plant is not yet a household word, but experts say it can help economies in the Mekong region cope with both energy and food self-sufficiency needs at a time of surging fuel prices.The jatropha plant may also earn more points for being a ‘safer’ source of biofuel amid fears that the popularity of biofuels is leading to the prioritisation of

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By Erin VoegeleWeb exclusive posted July 9, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. CST Australia-based Jatoil Ltd. is urging the Australian government to allow cultivation of the jatropha plant, which is currently banned as a weed in the country’s northern regions. Jatoil is a green energy company that is focusing on using jatropha oil in biodiesel production. Jatoil’s actions were spurred by the July 4 release of a

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Wed, Jan 30, 2008The Star KOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA: Jatropha biodiesel fuel was used for the first time yesterday in a Toyota Land Cruiser in the country.Appropriately, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was the one chosen at the Sabah Development Corridor Expo to fill the vehicle with the biodiesel fuel derived from Jatropha curcas seeds planted in Sabah on a trial basis.The Jatropha curcas tree is

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Yet it is only now, with the transport sector likely to be the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas emissions this century, and diesel prices climbing steadily as oil appears scarcer and less secure, that the advantages of biodiesel are being appreciated by governments around the world. However, there is as yet no source of biodiesel that is cheap and plentiful enough to meet the

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Wednesday, July 09, 2008THE PHILIPPINES - With no end in sight to the skyrocketing of fuel prices, the national government is looking into alternative fuel sources to avert a looming economic catastrophe.This was stressed by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri who discussed the benefits of using jatropha seeds as a source of bio-fuel during the 49th Araw ng Lanao de Norte celebration. "Just three kilos of

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Monday July 7, 2008KOTA KINABALU: Jatropha cultivation in Sabah for the production of biodiesel will not be done at the expense of food crops.Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB) general manager Jhuvarri Majid, however, said that at the same time research into Jatropha must be stepped up as fossil fuel (petrol and diesel) was a quickly diminishing resource and becoming increasingly costly.He said

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11/19/2007 10:33:14 AM GMTKENYA: Japan is about to embark on Kenya's first large scale commercial biodiesel project, which aims to grow jatropha on up to 100,000 hectares (247,105 acres) of land, media reports said quoting a spokesperson from Japan's largest biodiesel producer, Biwako Bio-Laboratory Inc.Chief Executive Officer Mitsuo Hayashi said the company is confident of starting on a project

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By Hwee Hwee Tan Filed from Singapore 5/23/2008 1:39:26 PM GMTSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Australia-listed Jatoil Ltd. is banking on jatropha to deliver on its promise as a next generation biofuel feedstock. Jatropha can be grown on arid lands and will not compromise food production, according to Jatoil's Chairman, Dr. Michael R. Taverner. The company is working with business partners to acquire jatropha

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By LAURA LAYDEN 5:55 p.m., Saturday, April 5, 2008 The roots for a new energy crop in Southwest Florida have been planted.In LaBelle, a company called My Dream Fuel LLC is cultivating Jatropha curcas, a tree-shrub that shows promise as a new biodiesel crop in the U.S. that could one day power engines and generators.Nearly 1 million seedlings are in the ground at a nursery in Hendry County and

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China will promote planting of jatropha, a woody plant, across southwestern provinces to help produce biodiesel and reduce China's dependency on imported crude oil, a spokesman for the State Forestry Administration said.By 2020, jatropha and other forestry products will be able to provide 6 million tonnes of biodiesel and generate 1,500 megawatts of power, he said in a news

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Stuttgart, Germany, January 09, 2008ADM, B CS AG and Daimler AG plan to jointly explore the potential for a biodiesel industry based on Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.). A respective Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the companies. Jatropha, a tropical plant from the Euphorbia family, is seen by the three cooperating partners as a promising alternative energy feedstock for the production of

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12 March 2008In Myanmar, the first national jatropha crops are ready for harvest, with up to 7 million acres planted by small farmers, after a national directive in 2006 that all farmers with more than 1 acre of land had to plant a minimum of 200 jatropha seeds to establish a hedge around their landholdings. The ruling junta developed the plan in light of soaring oil import costs, and the biggest

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By Stuart Dye Air New Zealand expects 10 per cent of its fuel - enough to run the entire domestic fleet - to come from a nut grown in India and Africa within five years.The national carrier has announced it will use oil from jatropha nuts to fuel a test flight this year - the first of its kind using a sustainable biofuel with commercial potential. By 2013 it says the fuel will provide it with

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By MARIANNE V. GO The Philippine StarPNOC-Development and Management Corp. (PNOC-DMC) plans to allocate at least P50 million to undertake a pilot jatropha plantation in Northern Mindanao by next year.This was revealed to The STAR by PNOC-DMC chairman Waldo Q. Flores who plans to personally supervise the establishment of a pilot 1,000-hectare jatropha plantation.Flores has his own sugar plantation

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By Anduin Kirkbride McElroyAustria-based BioDiesel Technologies GmbH (BDT) announced it has delivered its first biodiesel processing unit to Brazil. The biodiesel equipment manufacturer and project developer has 17 projects operating in 10 countries worldwide. The receiving plant, Compahnhia Productora de Biodiesel de Tocantins, is the first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in Brazil that will

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Sandip DasPosted online: Thursday , June 26, 2008 at 22:24 hrsUpdated On: Thursday , June 26, 2008 at 22:24 hrsAt a time when developed countries like America are coming under fire for their policy of encouraging biofuel cultivation instead of foodgrains and aggravating the global food crisis, a home-grown Indian firm is embarking on an aggressive drive to use wastelands across the country to

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04 November, 2007 Keningau: The Sabah Land Development Board is looking for a success model for the implementation of jatropha curcas cultivation on a commercial scale as another programme to eradicate rural hardcore poverty in the interior of the State. The crop has shown a great potential to produce oil for bio-diesel production. The Board, which has been entrusted by the State Government with

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Monday November 5, 2007KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has taken its first step towards studying the viability of cultivating the jatropha curcas plant to produce bio-diesel in a move to help eradicate rural poverty.Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman said the Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB) has been given the task to carry out trials that, if successful, would be promoted for commercial purposes by

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Thursday, March 22, 2007A new joint-venture, Van Der Horst Biodiesel, is planning to build Singapore's first biodiesel plant that uses Jatropha curcas and not palm oil as feedstock.The plant on Jurong Island is the project of a joint venture between the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, which is linked to Nanyang Technological University, and Van Der Horst Engineering. It will

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