A new partnership between crop and oil producers may yield biofuel from jatropha, a non-edible plant capable of growing in marginal soil unsuitable for food crops. SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company, is developing and producing elite jatropha seeds. It…
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New plant cultivar could yield biofuel oils
Tagged with: Flint Hills Resources, food crops, jatropha, JMax 100, marginal soil biofuel, SG Biofuels
Posted in Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, Food Crops
Posted in Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, Food Crops
Sweden set on corn biofuel development
Sweden has 310 million litres of installed ethanol capacity using a range of feedstocks including cereals, raw alcohol and pulp. Now a new research project is examining a new feedstock: corn waste. Swedish ethanol producer Sekab and Swedish technology specialist…
DA wants ban on use of maize for ethanol lifted
The Democratic Alliance says it believes that the ban on South African maize being sold for ethanol production needs to be lifted. It says this is in light of Grain SA, the body representing most of SA’s maize, wheat and…
Tagged with: bioethanol, ethanol, farmers, food crops, food prices, maize, south africa
Posted in Bioethanol, Biofuel Production, Food Crops, News
Posted in Bioethanol, Biofuel Production, Food Crops, News
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