Air New Zealand has announced that it expects to use at least one million barrels of sustainable biofuel annually by 2013, after a successful two-hour test flight with a jatropha powered Boeing 747.
Mother Earth Plantations, a Singapore-based company, has invested a phenomenal US$100 million into jatropha plantations in Indonesia.
NASA, who in February 2010 launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour with jatropha biodiesel on board, to carry out experiments on the fuel.
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer has begun its first government-run project to produce 150,000 tonnes of jatropha biodiesel every year.
The UN includes jatropha projects in its Clean Development Mechanism, a system to earn saleable ‘credits’ through accredited projects which help mitigate climate change.