GM to develop Jatropha fuel in India

12/04/2010 23:06

GM in pact to develop Jatropha fuel for US-Oil & Gas-Energy- https://bit.ly/bmrTnv

 

Having successfully tested bio-diesel made out of jatropha in India, GM has entered into a five-year partnership with Bhavnagar-based Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) and the US Department of Energy to develop jatropha as a sustainable biofuel energy crop for US markets that guzzles 200 billion gallons of diesel and gasoline per annum against mere 0.5 billion of bio-fuel.  CSMCRI would take up cultivation across 83 hectares for the project. One litre of bio-diesel from jatropha has been found to have a fuel-economy of 18 km on GM vehicles that ran 15,000 km on bio-diesel.