Sequence of Jatropha Genome Completed
US - Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions and SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company, announced they have completed sequencing the Jatropha curcas genome...

TNAU to Establish Biofuel Plantations
INDIA - The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has put forward plans for biofuel plantations backed by the Indian government.

Ghana Widening Scope for Biofuel Production
GHANA - Ghana has been keen in looking at cultivating the non-food crop Jatropha to produce biofuel. A number of foreign companies have acquired very large tracts of land and are growing Jatropha...

$19M Biofuel Project Invested in Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE - Mozambique's state fuel company has partnered with the private sector to invest 19 million dollars (14 million euros) in biofuel production, state media reported on Monday.

Magor Promoting Jatropha Plantations in NE
ASSAM, INDIA - The D1 Williamson Magor Bio Fuel Ltd has developed jatropha plantation over 51,000 hectares of land and the plantation carried out by the company in 2007 has started yielding sub-commercial...

Jatropha Research and Development Centre Expands
US - Bioenergy crop company, SG Biofuels, plans to establish the world’s most advanced Jatropha research and development centre in San Diego, California.

Protests over Jatropha Plantation Plan
KENYA - Protests by Kenyan environmental groups have seen plans for a jatropha biofuel project cut back.

Jatropha - a Bioenergy Crop for the Poor
GLOBAL - Using the energy crop jatropha for biodiesel production could benefit poor farmers, particularly in semi-arid and remote areas of developing countries, according to a report published...

CERE and Ministry in Biodeiesel Research
JAMAICA - The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE) and the JAmaican Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Research and Development Division have...

PNOC-AFC DOLE and Toyota in Biodiesel Deal
PHILIPPINES - State-owned PNOC-Alternative Fuels has signed an agreement with Dole Philippines and Toyota Tsusho of Japan on possible collaboration and cooperation on biofuels.

VEPOWER to Break Ground on Bioenergy Nursery
UK - VEPOWER Limited is to break ground on their new nursery in Southern Europe. The nursery will bring on Jatropha curcas saplings to be dispatched to plantations around the World.

Waterland Supplies Jatropha Oil to EU Airline Industry
INDONESIA - Waterland supply its Jatropha Oil for use as feedstock for aviation fuel.

Finance for Congo Jatropha Project
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Carbon2Green has reached an agreement with Achrisia Ameriques to structure the financing of the entire jatropha project in Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC")...

New Study Predicts Yield for Jatropha
GLOBAL - Jatropha requires higher annual rainfall to achieve significant biofuel production than previously thought, according to a new study in Global Change Biology Bioenergy.

Jatropha Biodiesel Processing Facilities Launched
PHILIPPINES - In line with the national government's on-going quest for alternative sources of fuel, the PNOC- Alternative Fuels Corporation and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST),...

Biofuel Investment Scheme Launched in Oz
AUSTRALIA - UK-based renewable energy company Green Oil Plantations has launched a new biofuel investment programme in Australia.

Environmentalists Oppose Jatropha Project
KENYA - Environmental campaigners in Kenya are opposing plans to grow Jatropha plants in a woodland areaneqar the coastal town of Malindi.

Aura Signs LoI with Tolao Energy Nigeria Ltd.
NIGERIA - Aura Bio Corp, or "Aura", is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Letter of Intent (LoI) to partner with Tolao Energy Nigeria, (the Vendor) a Nigerian incorporated company...

Jatropha Taking off in Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE - Just 14 months after planting its first jatropha bushes in Mozambique, British based renewable energy company, Sun Biofuels, is ready to extract oil from its first harvest.

Neste's Singapore Biodiesel Plant on Track
SINGAPORE - Finnish refiner Neste Oil expects its NExBTL renewable diesel plant in Singapore to be completed and running by the end of the year.

Jatropha Test Plots at Narita Airport
JAPAN - A Japanese airport has started to test grow jatropha, which it sees as a potential biofuel source for aircraft in the future.

VEPOWER Secures Bioenergy Plantation in West Africa
GHANA - VEPOWER is investing in and seeking fellow investors for an established plantation company in West Africa growing Jatropha.

Namibia to Produce Biodiesel
NAMIBIA - Israeli owned company LL Biofuels Namibia has secured 300 000 hectares in Caprivi to plant jatropha as a feedstock for biodiesel production.

Global Jatrophaworld Training 2010
INDIA - CJP's "next Global Jatropha Hi-Tech Agricultural Training Programme (JWTP10) in India from 20-24 September 2010" is all set to provide the most authoritative Knowledge platform for Development...

Jatropha Project for Southern India
INDIA - A Japanese biofuel company has launched a jatropha contract farming project in southern India.