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Terasol Energy is a leading producer of clean crude oil from next-generation feedstocks for the biofuels, chemicals and energy industries. Terasol Energy seeks to leverage its expertise in plant science and agronomy to develop and produce next-generation feedstocks that are truly sustainable and responsible. Terasol is focusing on the production of crude oil derived from castor (ricinus communis) and jatropha (jatropha curcas). Unlike first-generation oilseeds, the oil derived from castor and jatropha is inedible. Another important distinction is that unlike first-generation oilseeds, castor and jatropha are grown on marginal land, so there’s no risk of deforestation and they don’t compete with resources required to produce food. Both castor and jatropha can grow in semi-arid regions with less than a thousand millimeters of annual rainfall.

Our subsidiary, Terasol LABS is a leading plant biotechnology company focused on the development of Jatropha curcas and other biodiesel crops. Our primary goal is to discover and develop high yielding crops that generate the most bio-energy per hectare of land. In addition to Jatropha, we are also working with castor and sweet sorghum.

• We have identified and developed new elite varieties of feedstock crops optimized for high production under different agro-climatic conditions, economic and social parameters.
• Through our R & D efforts, we are identifying, creating and developing a number of very high quality planting materials of elite varieties and through partnerships pure line selections, hybrids, clonal selections and tissue culture propagation for nursery development and for setting up large commercial plantation projects.
• We are developing processes to create high-value uses of feedstock and biodiesel production byproducts such as jatropha and castor cake.