AN OVERVIEW OF FEED STOCK AVAILABILITY:
While considering the proposal we must remind you that JATROPHA, NEEM, KARANJ, MADHUCA, RICE BRAN OIL, FISH OIL etc produced in INDIA are not available to run a 100TPD Biodiesel plant. It is mainly because of the fact that there was no demand for such huge quantity of NON-EDIBLE oil in the Indian Subcontinent in the past, nor was it cultivated in large tracts of land anywhere in the world pre 2000.
With the beginning of BIODIESEL ERA, cultivation of JATROPHA and other Non edible oils have taken the world by storm. Cultivation of JATROPHA had picked up from the year 2004 in the Indian Sub continent and elsewhere. In our opinion Jatropha oil should be available in plenty by the end of 2008.
Let us have a look at the BIODIESEL SCENERIO with a special reference to the INDIAN CONTEXT as far as JATROPHA/ OTHER NON EDIBLE OILS are concerned and then we will consider the PALM OIL & Other oil’s availability through the globe as well.
