Executive Summary
D1 Oils plc is a biofuels technology company. Its strategy is to develop new energy crops into sustainable commercial fuels. The Company provides technology and services for the breeding, development, planting and harvesting of new varieties of commercial biofuel crops, focusing on alternative, sustainable feedstocks that are not subject to the same price pressures as food-grade crops. It has an established plant science and planting programme for Jatropha curcas, a robust, tropical oilseed bearing tree. Jatropha produces inedible oil feedstock for biodiesel and is able to make use of land not suitable for arable agriculture.
Company History
- In October 2004, D1 listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange raising £11.5m.
- It completed a second round of fundraising in June 2005, raising a further £26m.
- It raised £49m through a Placing in December 2006 and a further £14.9m in April 2008.
- In June 2007, D1 announced a global, 50:50 Joint Venture with BP to create a world-leading business in jatropha: D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited. D1-BP Fuel Crops began operations in October 2007 and has a target to plant one million hectares of jatropha over the next four years.
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