A $2 million grant from the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST, United States) has been awarded to an American company (Thar Technologies), to “develop and demonstrate continuous processing technology for environmentally friendly and cost-effective production of diesel-grade biofuel” from jatropha and karanj. An alternative to the solvent extraction process based on supercritical fluid technology will be developed. According to the Cleantech website, the company is working on a single step biodiesel process which uses supercritical carbon dioxide, instead of hexane, “to extract the oil from the seeds, and to create biodiesel with 25% less energy and 14% reduced cost. The setting up of a biodiesel plant is being planned in India, where jatropha and karanj (common biodiesel feedstocks) are abundantly available..