Jatropha continues to generate headlines around the world and in leading business, environmental and scientific publications as one of the most sustainable and economically viable feedstocks for biofuels.   Keep track of our latest news and events, as well as news about Jatropha.

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Jun 22, 2010: SG Biofuels Expands Operations with Addition of Mathur, Davids to Executive Team

Setting the stage for a significant expansion of operations, SG Biofuels, an agricultural biotechnology company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced the appointments of 30-year industry veteran Eric Mathur as Vice President, Molecular Agronomics & Scientific Affairs and Jeff (J.D.) Davids as Chief Financial Officer. Read more...

Jun 16, 2010: SG Biofuels Adds Arama Kukutai of Finistere Ventures to Advisory Board

SG Biofuels, an agricultural biotechnology company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced the addition of Arama Kukutai to its board of advisors. Kukutai is Managing Director of Finistere Ventures, LLC a leading life science venture capital firm based in San Diego, Calif. Kukutai is responsible for Finistere’s agricultural technology and green energy portfolio investments and is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Read more...

May 10, 2010: SG Biofuels Selected to Present at Prestigious Ag Innovation Showcase

SG Biofuels today announced it has been selected from a global pool of applicants to be one of just nine U.S. companies to present at the prestigious Ag Innovation Showcase, May 24th at the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Read more...

Apr 20, 2010: Brookhaven Selects SG Biofuels for Jatropha Testing Program

(April 20, 2010) - SG Biofuels today announced it has established a strategic partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory to accelerate the analysis and testing of oil produced by its Latin American Jatropha plantations. The company was selected by Brookhaven National Laboratory to provide its seed and oil for analysis as the organization expands its research and focus on Jatropha as a sustainable, low-cost source of feedstock. Read more...

Mar 23, 2010: RSB Partnership Focuses on Sustainability

SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced it has developed the first large-scale Jatropha community-farming initiative in Central America and entered into the first project with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) to test and enhance sustainability standards for Jatropha cultivation. Read more...

Feb 24, 2010: A New Life for Jatropha

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 companies are trying to coax algae to produce oils or alcohols that can be used to power planes, trains and Hondas. For a time it was switchgrass, a prairie grass that needs little cultivation.

Jatropha also had its time. This shrubby tree was said to be indestructible. It could grow in terrible soil with hardly any water, it could fight off pests, and its seeds were jam-packed with oil.

"The hype was correct," insists Kirk Haney, the chief executive of SG Biofuels, a San Diego company that hasn't given up on jatropha. "But just because it grows everywhere doesn't mean it produces a profitable yield."

This is what SG Biofuels says it can now deliver.
Forbes
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Feb 22, 2010: SG Biofuels Launches World’s First Elite Jatropha Cultivar

SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, today announced the launch of JMax 100, a proprietary cultivar of Jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala with yields 100 percent greater than existing varieties.

JMax 100 is the first elite cultivar developed through the company’s JMax Jatropha Optimization Platform. The platform provides growers and plantation developers with access to the highest yielding and most profitable Jatropha in the world, the sequenced genome and advanced biotech and synthetic biology tools to develop cultivars specifically optimized for their unique growing conditions.
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