Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Commodity Online reports that D1 Oils recently denied any participation in jatropha cultivation in Mizoram. A claim was made on Commodity Online that D1 planted jatropha on about 20,000 hectares which caused a food crisis in Mizoram.
African Agriculture (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
UK-based biofuel specialist D1 Oils has announced that it has delivered its first batch of jatropha oil, amid early signs that the energy crop could prove more cost effective and deliver deeper cuts in carbon emissions than conventional biofuels. The company also announced that it is on track to deliver 1,000 tonnes of jatropha oil by the end of the year through its joint venture with energy giant...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
D1 Oils, a UK-based early entrant into the global biodiesel market (earlier post), has restructured its business to concentrate exclusively on upstream plant science; the company has closed its two UK refining sites at Middlesbrough and Bromborough and ceased oil...
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
In England, D1 Oils reported that it has 257,370 hectares of jatropha under cultivation in India, Southeast Asia and Africa under its joint venture with BP. D1-BP Fuel Crops said that it has now commenced its first shipments of jatropha oil, delivering 2,000 tonnes recently from its plantations. The company, which cultivates jatropha under co-operative arrangements [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
all images: D1 Oils Though The Guardian is calling it a biodiesel breakthrough, the announcement by D1 Oils that they are (finally) on track to deliver their first commercial quantity, 1000 tonnes, of raw jatropha oil by December of this year seems to be more a sigh of relief than anything else. The firm is lost £13.1 million ($23 million) in the first half of the year, and could see losses as high...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
BIOFUELS business D1 Oils says it is in talks to sell its Bromborough refining site which will reduce losses when it reports annual results in six months.
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
In Massachusetts, BP announced a $90 million investment in cellulosic ethanol producer Verenium, marking the first entry by the petroleum giant into cellulosic ethanol technology. BP has previously entered into major deals in jatropha biodiesel with D1 Oils and Tropica BioEnergia, a Brazilian ethanol producer. Under the terms of the agreement, BP will invest a total [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Facebook Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, the Indian brothers who created Scrabulous, have unveiled a new game called Wordscraper for Facebook — which bears remarkable similarities to Scrabble. The launch comes less than 48 hours after they agreed to take Scrabulous down from the US version of Facebook following legal action from Hasbro, the toymaker that owns the rights to Scrabble in the United States...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
SHARES in D1 Oils grew by 36 per cent after the biofuels producer yesterday said it would remain "cash positive" until the end of 2009 following a £14.9 million placem
African Agriculture (Free subscription) | 31/05/2008
Alternative fuels company D1 Oils has been criticised for expecting too much too soon from its jatropha biofuel crop. The criticism comes less than a week after the company announced it was closing its biodiesel plants in Middlesbrough (UK), which employs 40 people and Merseyside, where 47 jobs will go. D1 is now devoting its energies to growing jatropha, which it had been processing in its refineries....
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
In England, D1 Oils officially announced that it would close its rapeseed oil biodiesel plant in Teesside and lay off 40 workers until it could sell the plant. The company said that it would close plants in Middlesbrough and Merseyside that are unable to compete with US imports and concentrate on development of its 500,000 [...]
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/04/2008
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EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/04/2008
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
UK company to focus on sustainable biofuels after 'splash-and-dash' biodiesel imports contribute to £46m annual loss
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
GREEN fuel producer D1 Oils says cheap US fuel imports have forced it to close its Wirral refinery.
