Continental jet 516–a two-engine Boeing 737-800–completed a two hour test flight out of Houston today with one engine powered by a 50-50 blend of regular petroleum-based jet fuel and a synthetic alternative made from Jatropha and algae. [More]
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Continental Airlines ratcheted up the race to develop alternative fuel for passenger planes last week as it successfully flew a Boeing 737 twin-engine jet powered partly by fuel made from algae and weeds.
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Fuel from the weed jatropha powered an Air New Zealand jet on a two-hour flight today–the world’s second flight of a commercial jet on biofuel. One out of the four Rolls Royce engines on an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 burned a 50-50 blend of regular jet fuel and a bio-version made from jatropha. [...]
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