Fars News Agency (FNA) reports that Iranian experts and scientists for the first time managed to produce biodiesel fuel using the oil extracted from Jatropha curcas plant cultivated in Southern Iran.
“Iran could produce biodiesel fuel through extracting oil from Jatropha plant which was grown in Bandar Abbas in a pilot (project),” member of the Presiding Board of Iran’s Scientific Forestry Association Peiman Yousefi Azar told FNA on Sunday.
…Elaborating on the advantages of biodiesel fuel for different machines and systems, Yousefi Azar reiterated that using biodiesel fuel decreases air pollution and CO2 gas up to 85%.