In Florida, Florida Trend reported that researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are studying ways to scale up production of carinata, which can be used to produce biofuels.
Sheeja George, an agricultural scientist who is leading research efforts on the crop at the UF/IFAS facility in Gadsden County, said that oil and fatty acid found in carinata are part of what makes it suitable to yield fuels.
“It’s called a drop-in fuel, meaning you don’t have to do anything to the existing infrastructure for this fuel to work. You take today’s jet engine, and you can blend it with today’s petroleum, and boom, drop it into the engine and it will work,” George said.
Working with farmers in North Florida and the surrounding region, George and other researchers with UF/IFAS are providing information about how to optimize the process of growing carinata for farmers who grow other crops, according to the report.
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Tags: carinata, Florida, University of Florida
Category: Food & Agriculture
