UOP's general manager for renewable energy and chemicals, Jennifer Holmgren, said it's possible to meet the standards with biofuel alone, but with currently available technology it's too expensive. That is expected to change as the world's demand for energy increases. To assure biofuel sources do not compete with land needed to grow food, UPO focused on algae, which grows well in brackish and even polluted water, and jatropia, which grows on arid lands. Holmgren expects the first licenses for refining biofuel to be issued this year. Jatropia stock could be producing hundreds of millions of gallons of jet fuel within three to five years. Algae will take longer to establish as a biofuel, but in the next 10 to 15 years it could be generating tens of billions of gallons of jet fuel, she added. Continental's biofuel test flight follows similar demonstrations by Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand. Japan Airlines is scheduled to make a biofuel test flight at the end of the month. Related Links: |
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