Guizhou Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel Oil Output Predicted to Hit 1mn Tons
CHINA - Guizhou Province's biodiesel oil produced by jatropha curcas will reach 1 million tons per year in the future, generating output values of CNY 10 billion.

China Approves Biodiesel Pilot Projects
CHINA - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has given the go-ahead to three biodiesel pilot projects with a total capacity of 170,000 tonnes.

Jatropha Plantation for Hainan
CHINA - Commercial planting of Jatropha is to be started in the Hainan province of China.

Novel Stress Tolerance Gene from Jatropha
CHINA - Extreme environmental conditions such as low water availability, extremely high and low temperatures and high salinity restrict plant productivity.

Biofuel venture reaps growing benefits from "diesel tree"
GUIZHOU - A Chinese energy company in the southwest province of Guizhou is awaiting its first harvest of more than 13,500 hectares of a "diesel tree", which will yield 15,000 tons of...

Sowing the seeds of alternative energy
CHINA - Businessman Song Heyi brushes the leaves of a plant on this vast expanse in Hainan and smells big oil on the horizon reports China Daily.