Virgin Atlantic Successfully Uses Biofuel In Plane
from an earlier post last year…
The wild blue yonder is getting greener.
On February 24, 2008 a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 took a 40-minute flight from London to Amsterdam using a 20 percent biofuel in one of the plane’s four engines. The test was to determine if biofuels could perform in high altitude cold temperatures.
Entrepreneur and Virgin Airlines owner Richard Branson said, “Two years ago, people said that was impossible. They said it would freeze at 30,000 feet.”
How the Biojet Fuel Works
The biojet fuel, which was made partly with babassu nuts and coconut oil, was created by Imperium Renewables. Virgin, Boeing, General Electric and Imperium are analyzing Continue reading
