Category Archives: 2008

Viridesco closes financing round for project expansion and development

Viridesco has closed an initial financing round with external investors to expand the existing cultivated area of the project in Mozambique. Continue reading

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Viridesco presents the pure Jatropha oil approach at the Energia Global conference in Madrid.

James Scruby, a Director of Viridesco, was one of the speakers at a Jatropha conference in Madrid organised by Energia Global. The discussion focused on the progress of Viridesco’s project in Mozambique. Continue reading

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Promising seed yields from Viridesco’s oldest trees.

The oldest Jatropha bushes at Viridesco’s Mozambique plantation have yielded over 3kgs of seed. These trees were planted in 2005 and have not received any preferential irrigation or fertilisation. Continue reading

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Viridesco supplies Jatropha oil to Repsol for tests and research.

Repsol, the Spanish oil company has taken delivery of Jatropha oil supplied by Viridesco from its trial crushing program conducted in cooperation with Elsbett AG. Continue reading

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