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| 2959 |
Reuters: Biofuels For Airlines Promising, But Hurdles Remain
... Zealand and Japan Airlines have already flown on routes with one engine part-powered by a range of biofuels including algae and jatropha. Jatropha, a poisonous plant that produces seeds that can be refined into biofuels, is being touted as a good alternative fuel ... |
Jim Roland quailrecords@... jimroland99 |
Mar 10, 2009 12:54 am |
| 2942 |
Request to share a study through biofuelwatch
... preliminary lessons learned from 15 case studies in 12 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The case studies are: 1. Mali jatropha electrification 2. Senegal chardust briquettes 3. Senegal typha charcoal 4. Tanzania sisal biogas 5. Tanzania palm oil 6. Kenya ... |
Dubois, Olivier (NRCB) Olivier.Dubois@... |
Mar 2, 2009 9:51 am |
| 2940 |
Interview with Malaysia's Plantation Minster
... it be better to use good land to plant oil palm (which can be used both for food and fuel) rather than a fuel crop (such as Jatropha) which cannot be used as food? Hypothetically, if a food crisis indeed develops, palm oil used for biofuels could be diverted ... |
biofuelsimon simon.robinson@... biofuelsimon |
Feb 27, 2009 9:49 am |
| 2937 |
Bob Geldof to speak at World Biofuels Markets, 16-18/3/09
... Future: - Algae Fuels - Cellulosic Ethanol - Renewable Diesel & Synfuels - Biobased chemicals & Bioplastics - Forestry Biofuels & Jatropha - Sustainability & Policy 2. Keynote speakers including Sir Bob Geldof, Lord Browne, Dr Hermann Scheer, Dr Zoran Stanèiè, Dr ... |
Jim Roland quailrecords@... jimroland99 |
Feb 25, 2009 10:02 pm |
| 2933 |
Nature Biotech on algae fuels research
... of natural oils such as neutral lipids or triglyceridesand growth slows. Similar to the oils from crops such as soybeans, jatropha and oil palm, algal oil can be extracted from the organisms and refined into biodiesel (methyl (ethyl) esters) by transesterification ... |
Brian Tokar briant@... briantinvt |
Feb 24, 2009 1:39 pm |
| 2919 |
Massive Deforestation in North West Argentina
... but all have been very urgent. This one is a protest letter against massive deforestation in North-west Argentina for GM soya and jatropha. Globally humanity is destroying well over an acre of rainforest every second, making millions homeless and pushing 50,000 more ... |
deepak7887 dee.rughani@... deepak7887 |
Feb 15, 2009 10:18 pm |
| 2904 |
BP reins in D1 alternative energy plans
... stations that could capture and store their carbon dioxide emissions. D1 specialises in the development and production of oil from jatropha, a hardy plant that can be grown on land unsuitable for food crops. In June 2007 it announced a 50-50 joint venture with BP ... |
Andrew Boswell andrewboswell@... a_boswell_2004 |
Feb 5, 2009 11:03 am |
| 2900 |
Hill et al.: health gains from 2G ethanol, losses from corn ethanol
... guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 February 2009 22.05 GMT Article history A jatropha nursery in the Ivory Coast. Photograph: Kambou Sia/AFP/Getty ... cellulosic ethanol can be made from plants such as switchgrass or jatropha that can grow with very little fertiliser on poor land, but ... |
Jim Roland quailrecords@... jimroland99 |
Feb 3, 2009 6:46 pm |
| 2897 |
Biofuel developments: Sierra Leone, Philippines, South Korea
... Symbol-iw-14221811.html Press Release Source: GreenGold Ray Energies, Inc. Green Gold Energies (Symbol: GRYE) Opens Its First Jatropha Biodiesel Oil Refinery Monday February 2, 2009, 9:00 am EST Yahoo! Buzz Print CAGAYAN DE ORO, PHILIPPINES--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb ... |
Jim Roland quailrecords@... jimroland99 |
Feb 3, 2009 12:28 am |
| 2893 |
Cattle ranching and jatropha agrofuels threaten Ayoreo Indigenous People
... profitable scheme. The Argentinean firms Carlos Casado and Patagonia Bioenergía joined to create a company to produce in Paraguay Jatropha curcas for agrofuel. (http://www.biodiesel.com.ar/?p=1001#more-1001). According to GFC, "The Ayoreo's land is being deforested ... |
almuthbernstinguk almuth@... almuthbernst... |
Jan 30, 2009 12:41 pm |