Continental To Make First Biofuel-Powered Flight by a U.S. Carrier (The Aero-News Network)
There's no Fuel Like A Biofuel... It's been all the rage of late... bio-fuel this, green-flight that. But, apparently the US Carriers haven't quite caught up with the hype... that is, until this Wednesday.Continental Airlines tells ANN that will conduct the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner.
Air New Zealand declares first jatropha biofuel flight a success (vnunet.com)
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 5 January 2009 at 10:11:00 Airline reveals ambition to have aviation biofuel officially certified for commercial use Air New Zealand last week successfully completed the world's first test flight of a commercial airliner running on a jatropha-based biofuel, and immediately announced that it would now begin work...
Coffee next in line as biofuel source (SciDev.net)
Coffee grounds ? currently wasted or used as garden compost ? could become a cheap and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel and fuel pellets, says a study.
Coffee Could Be the Next Big Biofuel Source (GreenBiz)
BOYLSTON, Mass. -- A Massachusetts firm says its new device called the Vegawatt can help restaurants save money by converting used vegetable oil from fryers into fuel to produce electricity and hot water.
ACGA To Host Alcohol Fuel Workshop (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
The American Corn Growers Association (www.acga.org) will host an ?open-to-the-public? workshop covering the fundamental concepts for setting up an Alcohol and Biofuel business for small and medium size Farmers and entrepreneurs.
'First algae-fuelled airliner flight' takes off tomorrow (The Register)
Scum-burning 737 to debut in Texas US airline Continental says it will carry out "the first biofuel flight by a commercial carrier using algae as a fuel source" tomorrow. Previous airliner biofuel trials have used controversial "first-generation" feedstocks, seen as contributing to world hunger and deforestation, apart from a recent New Zealand test involving jatropha nuts.?