{"id":2759,"date":"2018-06-20T06:39:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T06:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2018-06-20T06:39:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T06:39:27","slug":"local-bio-fuel-producer-replaces-fossil-fuel-with-castor-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2018\/06\/local-bio-fuel-producer-replaces-fossil-fuel-with-castor-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Local bio-fuel producer replaces fossil fuel with castor oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soweto-born Thabang Mabapa who uses science to extract oil from castor oil seeds says that his project has the ability to replace fossil fuel and help to save South Africa\u2019s energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Mabapa\u00a0\u00a0registered his own company, Selokong Sa Dimelana (SSD) which farms castor seeds and processes them to become castor oil and biodiesel.<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_1124\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/castor-oil-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1124 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/castor-oil-pic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Picture source\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>SSD was founded and secured 1000 hectares of land for castor seed farming. SSD uses marginal land to farm the seeds and sell their biodiesel mainly to farmers.\u00a0They also sell cold-pressed castor oil, as consumers use it mostly for cosmetic application, which helps us keep our biodiesel business sustainable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/business-report\/entrepreneurs\/watch-local-bio-fuel-producer-replaces-fossil-fuel-with-castor-oil-15038936\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soweto-born Thabang Mabapa who uses science to extract oil from castor oil seeds says that his project has the ability to replace fossil fuel and help to save South Africa\u2019s energy crisis. Mabapa\u00a0\u00a0registered his own company, Selokong Sa Dimelana (SSD) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2018\/06\/local-bio-fuel-producer-replaces-fossil-fuel-with-castor-oil\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-2759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-castor-oil-biodiesel","tag-castor-biodiesel-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2760,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759\/revisions\/2760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}