Jatropha Features & Benefits

• Poison tree and fruit has no food value
• Plant once – harvest 20 + years
• 3 years to multiple harvests
• 18 months to first crop
• A “dedicated energy” crop & “2nd Generation Feedstock”
• Removes no land from food production; thrives on land not suitable   for most large-scale agro-operations
• Pest and disease-resistant
• Creates its own fertilizer
• Requires no mechanizations
• Sustainable Clean Energy
• Jatropha Trees produce Multiple High-Value Products 

Byproducts of the Jatropha Plant

• Biodiesel – 100% direct substitute for petro-diesel, or blended to meet current government mandate
• Fruit Husks – biomass energy feedstock or used as fertilizer on the plantation
• Press cake – used as a bulk biomass energy product
• Power Generation – press cake & fruit husks as feedstock, ash returned to land as fertilizer
• Glycerol – can be used as fuel accelerant for industrial boiler applications
• Glycerin – refined pharmacy-grade glycerol used for producing soaps and other health/hygiene products