I've just come across the Jatropha Sustainable Biofuels Alliance, it is based in Switzerland and aims to be a group that will lobby for Jatropha to be seen as a good second generation biofuel that does not compete with food crops.
« Could Moringa be the new Jatropha? | Main | London to get ring of biofuel power stations »
Jatropha Sustainable Biofuels Alliance
Search
About
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on January 20, 2009 1:57 PM.
The previous post in this blog was Could Moringa be the new Jatropha?.
The next post in this blog is London to get ring of biofuel power stations .
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
Powered by
Movable Type 4.37
Movable Type 4.37
Click here to get your own player.
Comments (4)
You can find more on this topic here: http://www.clubofmozambique.com/solutions1/sectionnews.php?secao=social_development&id=13974&tipo=one
Posted by Marc Schut | January 28, 2009 1:08 PM
Posted on January 28, 2009 13:08
Fellows: I am a serious advocate for jatropha based biofuels. I are planning a 20MW power plant in Arizona. It will require 8,000,000 gal/yr of biodiesel fuel if you were to have 100% jatropha. Can anyone tell me what the present cost of Jatropha fuel is in train car loads at the Port of L.A. today?
Bob Baltes, Principal
Baltes Distributed Generation, LLC
Posted by Robert Baltes | February 25, 2009 11:33 PM
Posted on February 25, 2009 23:33
Bob,
Thanks for the post, your project sounds interesting, but I think that you're asking a question which is beyond the scope of the current jatropha production industry. I'd like someone to prove me wrong.
Have you thought about integrating back up the feed chain for your process into raw materials like Jatropha? Several ethanol producers have been skinned because they're tied to extracting value from the fuel part of the chain, when there could be profits in distribution, retail, or even growing their feedstocks. You don't see integrated producers like Shell, ExxonMobil or BP losing their shirts when the price of oil moves
Posted by Simon Robinson
|
February 26, 2009 9:20 AM
Posted on February 26, 2009 09:20
This page
http://www.jatrophabiodiesel.org/bioDiesel.php?_divid=menu6
states Jatropha biodiesel is available from India for $43 per barrel.
I don't know of a closer large producer, but maybe somebody is getting going in Central America?
By the way, the same organization, on their main page, states something about organizing training sessions for producers.
Posted by David B. Benson | February 27, 2009 2:02 AM
Posted on February 27, 2009 02:02