It will begin with the production and extraction of vegetable oil from its plantations in Ghana
Press release of Galtan Bio Diesel and its responsibility
The Galtan Biodiesel company, which is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and which operates in the international market of the biodiesel field and works to grow and extract oil from the jatropha plant, announces the purchase of a machine for extracting the oil from the jatropha seeds, which will allow the company to begin the production and extraction phase of the jatropha oil in the territories The plantations that the company leases in Ghana, Africa.
The jatropha is a plant that grows naturally in equatorial regions. This plant gives its fruits for decades, that is, it is not an annual crop that requires replanting every period. Also, the jatropha plant has a high resistance to diseases and weather changes. One of the advantages of the jatropha plant is that it is a fruit that is not intended for food and does not come at the expense of other sources of vegetable oil such as corn. In addition, the jatropha plant is similar in its chemical properties to canola oil, so this is an important advantage that does not affect food resources and is therefore considered the next generation of the biodiesel industry.
Doron Levy, Chairman of the Galtan Board of Directors: "The existing jatropha fields in Ghana are already yielding fruit for us today, so that with the machine we purchased we will have the opportunity to produce high-quality oil in an expected volume of about 20 liters per month. This oil is intended for sale in the future, among others, to customers who generate electricity using turbines powered by diesel, who will be able, by using the oil produced from the jatropha plant, to lower their electricity generation costs. Our business plan for the coming years includes increasing the yielding areas of the jatropha trees, subject to the fact that we raise the necessary capital for this purpose, as well as signing agreements to supply vegetable oil to customers."
The purchased machine is made by Gobind Expeller, which specializes in the production of machines and advanced industrial equipment for oil extraction plants and has accumulated experience, technology and extensive knowledge in agricultural mechanization, including the production of machines for about 25 different types of kernels from which oil is produced. The professional team of Gobind Expeller has a declared ability to establish, install and train operators in the company's area of activity. In the field of jatropha, the company has done research and adjustment work to create dedicated extraction machines for the plant that meet the technical ability for efficient and high-quality extraction of jatropha oil.
For the past four years, the company has been diligent about establishing a working operation in areas where the jatropha plant grows naturally. The jatropha plant has clear advantages over vegetable oil intended for the biodiesel industry such as canola, soybean and corn oil, such as the fact that the fruits of the jatropha are not edible and therefore its uses are not expected to cause a shortage of food products or affect their prices. The company signed a long-term lease for 1,000,000 dunams and in addition, the company leases an active farm that includes about 4,000 dunams of a planted plantation and a working operation in which several main things are combined: agronomic knowledge from German researchers with botanical expertise in connection with the jatropha plant, agricultural knowledge An Israeli who combines Israeli agricultural technologies in growing the plant, and Local agriculture is practiced and suitable for the place.
In recent years, a regulation has been developing in the European Union (in which the company is expected to market its products), which aims to encourage the use of biodiesel and which has a considerable effect on the penetration of biofuels into the transportation market and the levels of demand for them. As an example, Europe adopted the Kyoto Protocol and turned it into a binding directive which, at an increasing rate until 2020, will use vegetable fuels for 20% of the total fuels. For comparison, the increase in the proportion of biodiesel from the total fuels between 2005 and 2012 was estimated at about 5 billion US dollars.
Comments
Complete extraction of the oil
First of all: the origin of the jatropha species
Jatropha curcas
which is grown for biodiesel production in South America (not in Africa).
More important: It is written that: "The fruits of the jatropha are not suitable for food and therefore its uses are not expected to cause a shortage of food products or affect their prices"……. True, but how and where is important
Grow the plant as a neighbor if you grow jatropha in a place where vegetables or fruits can be grown for food
The advantage does not exist (and much has been written about it),
And finally: I saw how an African farmer who grows jatropha as a hedge collects the seeds
and with the help of a millstone he squeezes the oil that is used for lighting and as an additive to fuel,
So what is the difficulty in building a simple juicer?