Sep 11
New post on: Mercury News
BILLINGS, Mont.—The U.S. Navy plans to fly fighter jets and run ship engines powered by “biofuels” made from algae and oilseeds—part of a fledgling effort to reduce the military’s dependence on imported fossil fuels.
For the last several years, the military has conducted test flights using synthetic jet fuels derived from coal and natural gas.
Now the effort is being expanded to include fuels from algae and the oilseed crop camelina, which is grown primarily in arid parts of Montana.
Military biofuels contracts worth more than $11 million were awarded recently to Solazyme of San Francisco and Sustainable Oils of Bozeman, Mont.
