GCX regards Jatropha to be one of the most promising feedstocks for Biodiesel feedstock supply. This "power'-plant offers a variety of ways to generate carbon credits.

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Jatropha is an oil seed plant that is indigenous to almost all tropical countries and is a suitable candidate to:

1. Produce bio-oil for vehicle fuel
2. Re-cultivate eroded soils
3. Sequester carbon dioxide
4. Create local income and employment

Jatropha has the ability to grow in poor soil conditions with small amounts of water.
Jatropha plants absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide during their growth period, therefore subsequent combustion of the oil results in a closed greenhouse gas cycle.

Jatropha not only produces biodiesel, it grows in vast areas where deserts encroach, where no other plant can grow.

The Jatropha plant yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and about half as much as corn. 
Other biofuel, such as palm oil and soya, are increasingly less suitable for fuel production; prices are increasing because they are also used for food, while the competition with food makes them increasingly unattractive to end-users.
Jatropha plants absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide during their life time.  Subsequent combustion of the oil results in a closed greenhouse gas cycle.  Jatropha can thus play a vital role in sustainable mobility concepts.
Carbon aspect
Plant residuals can be methanised for energy generation (such a biomass plant can apply as a CDM project, approved methodology), or composting.
Depending on the plantation set up, carbon sequestration from reforestation can be claimed.