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Today in Biofuels Opinion: “the biofueled engine used noticeably less fuel than the other conventionally fueled engine.”

Bob Nuner, in a note to Biofuels Digest: “I was struck by the linked USA Today jet fuel story and the comment by the Continental Airlines pilot that the biofueled engine used noticeably less fuel than the other conventionally fueled engine…If this is really true about lower fuel consumption, that seems to me to be [...]

January 29, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Continental Airlines tests aviation biofuel; first use of algae; first US biofuel test flight; first two-engine flight

In Texas, Continental Airlines successfully demonstrated the use of algae as an aviation fuel yesterday in a two-hour test flight at George Bush International Airport in Houston. The flight was the first test of biofuels by a North American airline; the first to utilize algae as a biofuel feedstock; and the first biofuels test flight [...]

January 08, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 3

The Top 10 Biofuels Stories of 2008: #10, Airlines test biofuels

Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand completed 747 biofuel tests this year, with Virgin testing a B20 blend using babassu palm oil and coconut oil in February while Air New Zealand used a B50 blend from jatropha in its December test.
Continental and Japan Airlines announced early 2009 tests as well. British Airways announced future tests, [...]

December 31, 2008 | Jim Lane | Comments 0