Has anyone seen the package to make biodiesel at home for a cost of $97 for the instructions? It seem s to good to be true however I want to keep my eyes open to things that can work.

As for the algae for biodiesel scheme, there are several engineers in Hawaii who have worked with this, and I've spoken directly with several of the NREL scientists who worked with algae in the 80-90's. Right now, it's not feasible. The algae ponds are easily contaminated. Closed containers are not feasible because the volume of production is not near the number quoted above (142,000l/ha). The contamination issue is a serious one. If you selcet an algae strain that is 85% oil, yet it gets contaminated by a strain with only 15% oil, then all your yields are completely thrown off, and contracutal obligations may put you out of business. For now, these folks are focusing on mitigating CO2 release from power plants by channeling flue gas through the ponds to supply the algae with nutrients. This (the biodiesel aspect) may prove viable in another 10-20 years, but I doubt it. The isolated strains of high-yielding algae have been lost, and they would need to be re-established. The number I was told was about $20 mil just to get started, not to mention continued R&D, expansion, processing, land, etc. Also, you really need high sunlight areas, that's why they were working here in sunny Hawaii!

Jatropha has some potential, but we musn't sacrifice our forests, etc. We have much old agricultural land here going to waste with weeds/invasives. Utilization of a crop such as this that has few requirements in regards to inputs is ideal for our economy. But it won't work everywhere. As for harvest, we are hoping to engineer something similar to a coffee harvester to mechanize the operation, thus reducing labor costs.

Palm oil is attractive, but the harvesting is a concern without access to manual labor that is cheap and readily available. But, damn those yields are something to behold!

I am designing a biodiesel plant from Crude Palm Oil. Now I have a piece of land available around 1.5 Hectars. I want to calculate the maximum capacity of the plant in the mentioned land area. I understand that waste water from biodiesel requires a large area to treat and this could post a limitation in the capacity of the plant. Can anyone give me how to calculate the area required for this treatment. currently I target the capacity of the plant up to 400,000 litter per day of biodiesel if no problem with the water treatment.

My family and I are right now maintaining a nursery for jatropha curcas. We have about 5,000 seedlings, aging from one week old to two months old. We have an inventory of about 80 kilos of seeds which can germinate into 75 to 80 thousand seedlings.

Our family owns 22 hectares of land whose coconut trees were all cut down because of the cavendish plantation development. It was aborted because of financial constraints. We intend to plant jatropha curcas on this area using as collateral the titled property or the equivalent cash value of the seeds to be planted on this area.

We are however making sure that we will have continuous supply of seeds to maintain our nursery. Our family is planting one (1) hectare using branches so that after 8 to 10 months from now, we will have uninterrupted seeds supply for propagation purposes.

Within this waiting period, our family will also design an oil expeller machine. We hope the Department of Energy and the Department of Science of Technology will help us in the technical and financial aspect of the project. We will seek the assistance of the Mindanao Economic Development Council thru Mr. Jess Dureza, to lobby for us for this project.

We are writing this as you might be able to assist us lobby for the success of our endeavor. Somehow we believe our effort will contribute much to the economy of our country.

sir,
i wanted information on the following:
i> the diameter of jetropha plant at chest height
ii> the maturity period required for jetropha plant

sir,
i wanted information on the following:
i> the diameter of jetropha plant at chest height
ii> the diameter of jetropha plant at branch height
iii> the maturity period required for jetropha plant

i am interested to invest in jatropa planting, will there be ready market when the plants are producing fruits or seeds ? where can i get seeds to start my nursery ?

Is 25000 Acres enough for planting the plant Jatropha Curcas if i want to produce 200000 litres per day?

Can I be provided with any materials concerning Jatropha Market / Biodesel Market both domestic and outside Philippines.

It would be much appreciated.

How many acres of land does a middle range farmer require to be able to make modest returns. Or else, can you give us a breakdown of how much returns does a single Jatropha tree give in a year and therefore how much returns an acre of jatropha trees give in a year.

I read all kinds of positiveness in planting tuba-tuba and the more ha. to be planted,the better. However
until now the govt. or not any agency or company offer to sell or give a source where to obtain seeds or tissue
so interested parties like me could start planting.

what is the difference between the diesel and biodiesel? and which is more practical to used? and which is cheap to used?

Happy to give any info to people looking at starting up crops of Jatropha for market consumption

I WILL RETURN TO THE PHILS AT THE END OF OCTOBER & I WANT JATROPHA TREE FARMING TO BE MY BUSINESS, WE HAVE FARM LAND IN SAN PABLO & TIAONG, QUEZON WHICH I MAY USE IN THIS PLANTING VENTURE, I JUST WANT TO HAVE AN INFO WHICH I CAN MARKET MY HARVEST, PLS SEND ME DETAILS OF BUYERS OF THE JATROPHA SEEDS. I'LL WAIT FOR YOUR RELPY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE..
THANKS

jemuel_trinidad@yahoo.com

Mr. Jasper,

Please send me info regarding Tuba-tuba Planting,

Thanks and Good Day,

Rolly

rollybayker@safari.com.sa

O.K. Everyone is talking about all aspects except the crucial one.. How do you havest the nuts? In addition: How much would a press for processing the oils cost in order to produce 13,000 to 40,000 ltr. per year?

EUPHRATES OIL PALM NIGERIA LIMITED.

INVESTMENT INFORMATION.

The company is a private agricultural consultancy group that has dealt with many agricltural organizations in processing of palm kernel oil,bio-diesel production and scientic management.

Company wants to go into actual production of palm kernel oil and further process on bio-diesel production.Company intends to increase the extraction capacity from 150 TPD to 2,650 TPD to introduce a refinery,fractionation facilities.Also to install 600 to 1200 TPD processing plant to process bio-diesel(ASTM D 675 2-D).

COMPANY REQUIREMENT.

Since company does not have it's own machinery but wants a foreign partner to set up the processing factory.The total investment is estimated at US$1.5million.The production of the raw material is ongoing but there is a demand gap of well over 10,000 metric tons for palm kernel oil locally.

Company has a business plan for consideration.The sector enjoys exemption from payment of import duty on machineries and equipment and tax holiday of 5-10 years or more depending on location of the factory.

CONTACT DETAILS.

Emmanuel N.
CEO,Euphrates Oil Palm Nigeria,Limited.
MOBILE:234 80 8546 3719

Postal Contact:

Emmanuel Nnadiri
c/o Mr. Mgbemene Ugo.c
Chevron Texaco Nigeria limited,
P.M.B 12528
Lekki Peninsula
Victoria Island,Lagos.
Nigeria.

Euphrates Oil Palm is a leading biodiesel production, marketing and trading company based in Nigeria Africa. Its first biodiesel production facility is in Nigeria and produces biodiesel from palm oil that meets global biodiesel standards such as EN 14214 and ASTM 6751.

We have serious partners in Singapore and Germany.

We aim to deliver value to our customers through:

Superior service standards to our customers through efficient and expeditious logistics management .

Superior production technology that emphasizes high consistent quality at optimal cost .

Superior research and development to continue to create value added products and services for our customers .

We processes,produces & exports raw materials essencial for Bio Fuel and Bio Diesel production,like palm oil,crude palm oil, rdb palm oil,vegetable oil,jatropha oil,sunflower oil.

We hereby request to sign with your company Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as a consortium member legally to assist as an affiliated member and partner in Nigeria as supplier of the raw materials and production of bio-fuel & bio-diesel.

Euphrates Oil Palm recognises the importance of good environmental management for sustainability and performance excellence, and is committed to applying the best practices in its business to protect the environment and ensure sustainable agribusiness.

Thanks

Nnadiri Emmanuel N, Geologist.
CEO,Euphrates Oil Palm Nigeria, Limited.
Tel:234 80 8546 3719

Postal Contact:
Mr.Nnadiri Emmanuel N.
c/oMr. Mgbemene Ugo.c
Chevron Texaco Nigeria limited,
P.M.B 12528
Lekki Peninsula
Victoria Island,Lagos.
Nigeria.

mike p of hI

about 42 to 50 sq.m of waste water treatment rbd type

modular wwt is much lessen the space

Nice story! Can I use this for my blog? gr, remcowoudstra

Would anybody know why our government prefers to plant jatropha as opposed to coconut for our biodiesel?

i've been reading up on it and i've learned that coconuts yield twice as much oil as jatropha, its native to the philippines (jatropha will have to be imported; can you imagine the damage to our ecosystem if we plant hectares and hectares of a foreign plant?), we produce so much of it already (40% of the world's total production last year) so we know how to plant and harvest it, and since we're a tropical country, the coconut biodiesel won't freeze in our engines (apparently in places that have colder climates, like europe, it will solidify. it wouldn't be a good idea to export coconut biodiesel, but for our purposes, it's be perfect).

i also read that jatropha biodiesel only makes sense when you use it for industrial and not commercial vehicles. the latter needs a higher fuel standard.

plus, coconut is edible, so assuming that algal biodiesel becomes commercially viable, we'd still have use for the coconuts we planted for producing biodiesel. we can use it for food or ingredients for cosmetics. we could even use the coconut husks as our raw materials for cellulosic ethanol. on the other hand, what else could we use jatropha for? nothing really.

finally, don't the seeds of jatropha have curcin? a lethal toxin? does anyone even know whether or not that will be released into our atmosphere when we burn it as fuel? (forget about global warming, people might just start dying along edsa...)

so yun, why does our government prefer jatrpha as opposed to coconut for our source of biodiesel?

ps:

"Other poorer country wont have the technology to plant and harvest and process algae, not to say research..."

we are doing research on algal biodiesel here - how to plant, harvest and process it as well as how to make it commercially viable.

I am from Negros Occidental, and I am also interested to have Jatropha Plantation in our 18 hectares land. Right now we have coffe trees in some areas, but I was thinking to use the rest of the land for Jatropha since it doesnt have to use fertilizer and less maintenance required. The fertilizer is very high this days that we can't afford to fertilized our sugar cane, so our sugarcane looks like little stick, not to mentioned all the maintenance needed for it.

I think Jatropha would be a great choice for biofuel. It will help us smaller farmer who can't afford to buy fertilizer that cost like gold.

I'm still looking for help, advice about this jatropha plantation.. For 18 hectares of land I don't think we can afford for the expenses it needed, and I don't know where to get the seedlings, and where to sell them when we harvest the seeds..

Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Beth

do you all know that no country is using this biodiesel yet (jatropha), can anyone tell me why? despite its promising outcome...