INDIA JATROPHA PRODUCTION MIGHT NOT HAVE EXPLODED, BUT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION HAS SOLID FOUNDATIONS
April 1st, 2011
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
JATROPHA, regarded as a great hope for the biofuel sector in the last decade, has lately been facing negative publicity due to low economic returns and failed commercial ventures in India. In July 2009 British Petroleum (BP) quit a two year old joint venture with British biodiesel producer D1Oils plc to develop bio-diesel through jatropha cultivation, thus casting more doubts about its potential. Experts agree that the much hype was created about the results that could be expected from the plant. "Jatropha was declared a gold medallist ...
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