The harvested Jatropha fruits need to be cleaned, dehulled and stored properly as part of
the production of Jatropha biodiesel. During processing, the oil yield and quality of the …

The long-term viability and success of a transportation fuel depends on both economic and
environmental sustainability. These include, but are not limited to, the environmental impacts …

Jatropha curcas L. is a growing feedstock for biodiesel production. The first step in the
exploitation of any plant for industrial application is to gather information about its chemistry …

This analysis presents a comparison of life-cycle GHG emissions from synthetic paraffinic
kerosene (SPK) produced as jet fuel substitute from jatropha curcas feedstock cultivated in …

Two jatropha business models are compared on seven key sustainability areas of concern,
which are operationalized into various quantitative and qualitative indicators. The …

This paper examines the carbon footprint of renewable diesel (RD) production from palm oil,
jatropha oil and rapeseed oil. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land use change …

A cheap biochar‐based metal catalyst, Cu/C was prepared by employing a facile pyrolysis
method and using the waste biomass resource of rice straw as C source, and was used in …

In the context of energy security, rural development and climate change, India actively
promotes the cultivation of Jatropha curcas, a biodiesel feedstock which has been identified …

The potential of liquid biofuels (like bioethanol and biodiesel) to reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions from the transportation sector has generated a great deal of interest in the …

Three case studies from Mexico are presented in which the impacts of the recent
introduction of jatropha cultivation for biodiesel production are examined. In Chiapas and …