Jatropha curcas news 2004
here you find the news of the last two years. For news before this time please go to the archives at the bottom of this page!

06. 12.  2004

Photo show on the Jatropha website now available

A new item has been added to the Jatropha website (5. point in the menu list): A photo show (which will be completet in the near future), which can be watched with automatic changement of the photos after 10 seconds, and which can be regarded by changing the photos with a mouse click. To go directly to the slide show, click here!

The photos may be downloaded and published only with the citation of the name of the photographer and the website of its origin: www.Jatropha.org  !  !  !

13. 10.  2004

Subsidy for Jatropha plantation in India (30 % subsidy, 50 % loan by NOVOB)

see complete article!

13. 10.  2004 Die Purgiernuss in der deutschen Presse (Jatropha in the German Press) 2 Artikel aus dem  Spiegel-online  und der Süddeutschen Zeitung (9. 10. 04)
	Click on the photos for enlargement (Photos: Der Spiegel, left; Banerjee, right.

15th & 16th of october, Hyderabad, India National Seminar on Jatropha & Aloe Vera for more information, click here!

21. - 24. 10.  2004, Augsburg

Jatropha in the International Business Exchange Forum Renewable Energy

Biodiesel projects from Argentina and India will be presented, e.g. the production of bio - fuel from the Jatropha plant.

See details in the internet: www.renewable-forum.com 

21. 07. 2004

06. 07. 2004

Jatropha as Renewable Energy in India

Bio-diesel crop fuels Haryana farmers’ hopes
Manoj Kumar
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 8, 2004
The farmers of southern Haryana, along with their counterparts in Orissa, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh with dry wastelands, can expect to reap a rich crop of Jatropha plants soon as the bio-diesel extracted from its seeds has been successfully tested to run auto-vehicles like Mercedes-Benz.

To read more about Mercedes and bio-diesel in India, click here for the link-list!

05. 06. 2004: Proposal of an integrated Jatropha project for the action plan

24. 05 2004

Side Event during RE-Conference: Sustainable Development through Renewable Energies –  a marriage of Rural Finance and Renewable Energies

23. 05 2004

INVITATION: To discuss the generic environmental issues associated with the use of Jatropha curcas for biodiesel production in KwaZulu-Natal

20. 02. 2004

Jatropha Oil for the Indian Railway, for original text click here!

Biodiesel Train on Track in India
SolarAccess.com, 17 Jan 2003
The first successful trial run of a passenger train was conducted on December 31, 2002 when the Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express used 5% biodiesel as fuel. Biodiesel will enable Indian Railways to save on its rising fuel bill while controlling pollution levels. Sulphur and lead emissions were reduced significantly when biodiesel was used, according to the Railways. Ultimately, the percentage of biodiesel would go up to 15% in unison with the accepted global norms. The new green fuel is extracted from the seeds of the Jatropha plant and Indian Oil is now engaged in laboratory tests of biodiesel. The plant can easily be grown on either side of railway tracks as it adopts itself well to arid and semiarid conditions, demanding low fertility and moisture. The other advantages are the fuel’s contribution to the national energy pool and the potential of creation of jobs in rural sector.

Here you find the notes concerning past years:

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1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

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