Jatropha Biodiesel Research in India

GM has entered into an agreement with India’s Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) to support the production of jatropha biodiesel.

Under this proposal, CSMCRI will conduct a research, produce and supply jatropha oil for two years, which in the form of biodiesel will be tested on GM vehicles, General Motor India Vice-President (corporate affairs) P Balendran told PTI.

“Under this agreement, the research institute will also be utilising two acres of land at GM India’s Talegaon plant at Maharashtra for Jatropha cultivation as part of the company’s resolve to explore environment friendly operational solutions,” Mr. Balendran said.

Phase II of the CSMCRI project will involve experimental jatropha cultivation in small scale trial plantations in Gujarat. GM Powertrain Europe is supplying a test fleet of six cars that are being run on various Jatropha biodiesel blends.

Although the jatropha biodiesel work is much smaller in scale that GM’s support for cellulosic ethanol, GM began its biodiesel support in India several years ago, said Alan Adler, GM’s Manager, Biofuels Communications.

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Japan To Support Jatropha Production

THE Japanese government has signed a $73,948 with the Ohayo Ghana Foundation, an NGO, for the construction of a Jatropha oil press factory at Puriya in the Yendi District.

Part of the grant is also expected to be used for the purchase of a generator to power the factory’s machines as well as provide electricity to the over 360 inhabitants of the predominantly farming community.

Jatropha is a biofuel crop.

At the signing ceremony in Accra on Wednesday, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Keiichi Katakami, commended the foundation, the chief and the people of Puriya for the initiative and said it had enormous potential to revolutionalise the production of energy in the country.

He encouraged the cultivation of Jatropha to lessen the over-dependence on crude oil and promote alternative, environmentally friendly sources of energy.

According to him, the grant would further boost the cultivation of Jatropha which and could possibly be used for the production of biodiesel to power various machines and equipment.

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