Jatropha, a hardy, drought resistant plant that grows oil-heavy fruit, was supposed to be the salvation of the biodiesel industry. The plant, which was targeted for an $80 million pilot project by BP ...

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 with bright green ...

Jatropha, a plant with toxic berries, is on its way to becoming the world's newest cash crop, if companies can figure out how to make its growing cycles as predictable as those of other crops. SG ...

Cultivating low-lying plant species below the jatropha trees is another tactic, but care must be taken not to crowd the trees. Producing any biofuel crop, however, whether sugar cane, corn or jatropha ...

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BP Plc, Europe's second-largest oil company, will exit its jatropha biofuel project with D1 Oils Plc to focus on production of ethanol in Brazil and the U.S. and advance biobutanol development. “To ...

Like Hollywood, the world of biofuels has its celebrity crops: They are suddenly darlings, then just as suddenly they are all but forgotten. These days the hot crop is algae. Dozens of well-funded ...

In the fervent race to bring cost-effective biofuels to market, the three leading contenders are algae, Camelina and Jatropha. Jatropha’s promoters have been the fastest off the block, as substantial ...

The hardy jatropha tree as a biofuel source may not be the panacea for smallholders that some have claimed, say Miyuki Iiyama and James Onchieku. It sounds too good to be true: a biofuel crop that ...

In the world of biofuels, the pattern is familiar: Concerns grow over one crop’s impacts or overhyped potential, and another then appears to take its place with promises of planet-saving prowess. The ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AlertNet) – In Ghana, whether the biofuel crop jatropha will pluck rural farmers from poverty and reduce carbon emissions or displace farmers and gobble up land that could produce food ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jatropha, a biofuel-producing plant once touted as a wonder-crop, is turning out to be much less dependable than first thought, both environmentalists and industry players say.