HONG KONG (Reuters) - Jatropha, a toxic wild plant that is gaining importance as a biodiesel crop, will make money at crude oil prices a third below their current level, according to U.K.-based D1 ...

MIDRAND, South Africa (Reuters) - Jatropha, often hailed as rich source of biodiesel that flourishes in semi-arid areas of Africa, is hard to grow and often fails if farmers lack expertise, an ...

Jatropha’s golf-ball-size fruits contain a yellowish liquid similar to palm oil that can be made into biodiesel, an increasingly important renewable fuel used in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. But ...

My friend in Rangoon is a busy man. He manages a couple of companies in Burma’s commercial capital, helps raise his children and regularly makes merit at a Buddhist temple. He also spends time tending ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees ...

Renewable energy, it turns out, does grow on trees. The fruit pods plucked from jatropha trees have seeds that produce clean-burning diesel fuel. But unlike corn and other biofuel sources, the ...

CUTLINES WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Looking to reduce its carbon footprint and cut its fuel bill, Air New Zealand has tested a passenger jet that was powered partially with oil from a plum-sized fruit ...

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Japanese biofuel company Nippon Biofuel Co has supplied a jatropha-based biofuel blend to a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel at Shinagawa Wharf in Tokyo for a bunker trial.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- BP and D1 Oils said they plan a 50-50 joint venture to accelerate the planting of Jatropha curcas - a drought resistant, inedible oilseed bearing tree which does not compete ...

Kenya has embraced a hardy bush called jatropha curcas as the heart of a nascent biofuel industry. Proponents predict a future in which jatropha oil will power commercial jets and cars. But in Kenya, ...