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Valero Adds Jatropha to Its Biofuel Business
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The seeds of the Jatropha curcas plant are used to make biofuel. (image: sustainabledesignupdate.com) Building on the success of their ethanol program, which posted profits of 120 million over two quarters this year , Valero recently announced plans to add fuel made from the jatropha plan t to their roster of biofuels. Indeed, biofuel is one of the only areas of Valero’s business that is growing, as crude prices and low demand have ...
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The small village of Miririnyi village lies in the sun-baked province of Arusha in northern Tanzania. The ancient crop jatropha grows wild here. It is extremely hardy and can survive in dry, barren soil even though other plants cannot. It used to be considered as bush with no commercial potential. But the global search for clean energy has changed all that. That is because the seeds can be harvested to make biofuel. It has meant that ...
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