Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2010
The SG Biofuels/RSB pilot is evaluating the practicality and usability of RSB sustainability standards applied against a 1,400 acre (600 hectare) Jatropha community-farming model established by SG Biofuels in Guatemala. The company recently announced the first elite Jatropha cultivar, JMax 100 ( earlier post ), optimized for Guatemala.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of oil, has launched JMax 100, a proprietary cultivar of Jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala with yields 100% greater than existing varieties.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2010
SG Biofuels has introduced JMax 100, an elite Jatropha cultivar optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala, with projected yields 100% greater than existing commercial varieties.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2010
Hybrid seeds result in greater yield, uniformity and vigor while significantly reducing handling and deployment costs for plantation developers. Large-scale hybrid seed production is considered superior to other mass propagation techniques because of lower costs and improved plant performance. Earlier post.).
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The limited pilot will be restricted to 200,000 users in the US and Guatemala. That means transactions pass through many intermediaries all keen to take a cut, which both slows things down and increases costs. A lot of remittances' pain points like complexity, processing costs, speed, really play to blockchain technology's strengths."
Baua Electric
APRIL 1, 2024
Maria, an immigrant from Guatemala and a single mother of two children, has an arduous walk to her 14-hour dishwashing shift daily in North Carolina. Electric bikes are a great solution in many areas, reducing costs and providing opportunities for work and independence.
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