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Jet test should spark quest for new biofuels

Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 posted by posted by Mak @ 6:56 AM

AN Air New Zealand jet thundered through the sky on a two-hour flight this week — on a 50-50 blend of ordinary fuel and one made of seeds from the African desert. The successful flight was promising for the airline industry, and truly exciting for the environment and the hope for national fuel autonomy.Tuesday's test was the first commercial air flight to use fuel from the jatropha weed . Each jatropha seed produces between 30 and 40 percent of its mass in oil.

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Van Der Horst Biodiesel builds plant in Singapore

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 posted by posted by Ecacofonix @ 7:53 AM

Van Der Horst Biodiesel builds S$40m plant in Singapore

By Tung Shing Yi, Channel NewsAsia, 21 March 2007

SINGAPORE: Van Der Horst Biodiesel is planning to build Singapore's first biodiesel plant that uses Jatropha as feedstock.

The plant on Jurong Island will cost the joint venture between Van Der Horst Engineering and the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, which is an institute linked to Nanyang Technological University, S$40 million.

Read the full report from here @ Channel News Asia

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Biodiesel could fuel canola explosion in California

Posted on posted by posted by Ecacofonix @ 4:07 AM

Biodiesel could fuel canola explosion

by Bob Johnson, Check Biotech

Canola may provide California growers with a new alternative to other grain crops because its oil seeds are a major source of biodiesel. The crop is similar to wheat in terms of planting and harvesting dates.

And if biodiesel use increases as expected, there could be enormous demand and significant price increases for canola, says this report from Check Biotech

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  In the beginning, there were algae,
but there was no oil Then, from algae came oil.
Now, the algae are still there, but oil is fast depleting
In future, there will be no oil, but there will still be algae  
So, doesn't it make sense to explore if we can again get oil from algae?
This is what we try to do at Oilgae.com - explore the potential of getting oil from algae