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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=biofuel-for-jumbo-jets-from-jatropha
wave of the future? (also will run cars).
Biofuel for Jumbo Jets: Kiwis Take to the Sky on Jatropha
World's second commercial jet flight on biofuel relies on African weed
By David Biello
BIOFUEL FOR JETS: Air New Zealand became the second airline to fly partially on biofuel--and the first to use jet biofuel refined from a non-food crop.
Courtesy of Air New Zealand 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.
The flight more than doubled the air time of the first biofuel flight—a 40 minute jaunt between London and Amsterdam in February. The plane climbed to an altitude of 35,000 feet and the engine performed normally, according to chief pilot Capt. David Morgan.
Jatropha—a weedy bush from Africa that produces seeds rich in oil—was selected because it is not a food crop and can be grown on land unsuitable for food production. The roughly three tons of liquid jatropha biofuel came from plants grown in India, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, the airline says
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from wiki:
The [jatropha] plant yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and more than ten times that of maize (corn). A hectare of jatropha produces 1,892 litres of fuel.[2]
wave of the future? (also will run cars).
Biofuel for Jumbo Jets: Kiwis Take to the Sky on Jatropha
World's second commercial jet flight on biofuel relies on African weed
By David Biello
BIOFUEL FOR JETS: Air New Zealand became the second airline to fly partially on biofuel--and the first to use jet biofuel refined from a non-food crop.
Courtesy of Air New Zealand 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.
The flight more than doubled the air time of the first biofuel flight—a 40 minute jaunt between London and Amsterdam in February. The plane climbed to an altitude of 35,000 feet and the engine performed normally, according to chief pilot Capt. David Morgan.
Jatropha—a weedy bush from Africa that produces seeds rich in oil—was selected because it is not a food crop and can be grown on land unsuitable for food production. The roughly three tons of liquid jatropha biofuel came from plants grown in India, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, the airline says
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from wiki:
The [jatropha] plant yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and more than ten times that of maize (corn). A hectare of jatropha produces 1,892 litres of fuel.[2]
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