Greening the desert through large-scale
Jatropha cultivation
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) is a plant that is expected to contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions because it can extract about 30% oil by weight from its seeds.
Jatropha is a plant that is expected to contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions because it is resistant to dryness, can grow in semi-arid areas, and is not edible, so it does not compete with food production.
GX-Group will work with the Tottori University Faculty of Agriculture (Professor Kinya Akashi), who is researching desert greening technology using Jatropha cultivation, to green the desert and increase CO2 absorption by irrigating the desert and creating Jatropha farms. The farms will become economically independent and able to operate sustainably by selling crude oil obtained from Jatropha seeds.
Jatropha crude oil will be used by GX-Group as a raw material for carbon-neutral fuel.
Jatropha crude oil is a carbon-neutral fuel because it is made by fixing CO2 from the atmosphere and turning it into fuel.
1 kg of Jatropha crude oil makes 8 kg of heavy oil carbon neutral
Jatropha absorbs more CO2 than the crude oil extracted from the seeds emits when burned. According to GX-Group, 1 kg of Jatropha crude oil can carbon neutralize 8 kg of heavy oil.
GX-Group has therefore begun to produce carbon neutral fuel by mixing and reacting Jatropha crude oil with heavy oil, coal, and waste plastic.
Production of carbon-neutral fuel
