Comments on: Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel

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By: xav

xav — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:14:50 +0000

I agree with Nathan. The 2.7% number isn't the important one to focus on. It's that the algae fuel is theoretically close to carbon neutral. It is created by drawing carbon out of the atmosphere. For example in the above test the carbon footprint reduction would be 45%, if say the algae fuel has 90% less net carbon emissions than traditional fuel. That savings could then be doubled if they were running entirely on algae fuel.

By: stuart goldhawk

stuart goldhawk — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:30:01 +0000

I was not even aware that there other types of green fuel available. You learn something new every day, the Boeing 737 is king in my mind, superb article, nice work, fuel saving seems to be the name of the game

By: Jatropha: Possible Jet Fuel but Difficult to Scale Up | Climate Vine

Jatropha: Possible Jet Fuel but Difficult to Scale Up | Climate Vine — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:12:54 +0000

[...] and has been estimated to cost around $43 per barrel. This flight was followed, on January 7th by a Continental Airlines flight which used a 737-800, and a mix of oil from jatropha and algae. The flight saw a 3% savings in fuel [...]

By: Advanced BioFuels USA » Algae, Coal, and Jatropha: the Future of Aviation Fuels?

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:29:39 +0000

[...] On January 7, 2009, Continental Airlines flew a successful demonstration out of Houston in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell’s UOP. One of the Boeing 737’s two engines was powered with standard A1 aviation fuel. The other ran on a 50-50 mix of standard A1 fuel and a biofuel made from algae and jatropha. READ MORE [...]

By: BioDiesel News and Information » Blog Archive » Continental Airlines and Air New Zealand Fly on Biofuel

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:07:49 +0000

[...] Terrance Scott, the engine with the biofuels mix ran even more efficiently than the control engine (http://earth2tech.com/2009/01/07/continental-gives-flight-to-algae-jatropha-jet-fuel/)! CAL closed at $10.26 today, vs a 52-week high of [...]

By: Continental Airlines and Air New Zealand Fly on Biofuel « SmallCapWorld

Continental Airlines and Air New Zealand Fly on Biofuel « SmallCapWorld — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:35:45 +0000

[...] Posted by AllenCaron on March 27, 2009 On December 30, 2008, Air New Zealand completed a two-hour test flight using a 50/50 mixture of jatropha oil and Jet A1 in one of the four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines of a Boeing 747-400 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5g5Z3GTNwk). The flight was a success and the airline has announced plans to use the fuel for 10% of its needs by 2013. Jatropha was chosen as the candidate for the test as it passed the three rigorous criteria set by Air New Zealand: social, technical and commercial. That is, it is environmentally sustainable and will not compete with existing food resources, it is a drop-in replacement for traditional jet fuel and is as good as the product used today and, finally, it is cost competitive with existing fuel supplies (http://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/aboutus/biofuel-test/default.htm). Furthermore, Continental Airlines undertook the first biofuel-powered test flight in the U.S. on January 7th this year. They used a mixture of algae/jatropha fuel and conventional fuel in one engine of a 737-800 for a 90 minute flight out of Houston. According to Terrance Scott, the engine with the biofuels mix ran even more efficiently than the control engine (http://earth2tech.com/2009/01/07/continental-gives-flight-to-algae-jatropha-jet-fuel/)! [...]

By: Sapphire Racks Up Another Win for Airline Algae « Earth2Tech

Sapphire Racks Up Another Win for Airline Algae « Earth2Tech — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:23 +0000

[...] of algae-based biofuels, while Houston’s Continental Airlines took to the wild biofuel yonder earlier this month, using a blend of jatropha and [...]

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:26:10 +0000

And even if that improvement is small, if Algae biofuel ends up being sustainable or carbon neutral or whatever corn ethanol isn't, then that 50% blend is also vastly important.

By: Josie Garthwaite

Josie Garthwaite — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:39:06 +0000

Math - Thanks for pointing this out. We have updated the post with the correct figure, 2.7 percent.

By: math

math — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:16:32 +0000

The math in this story is incorrect. A 100 lbs reduction in fuel consumption out of 3700 lbs consumed during the flight is a 3% improvement in fuel economy, not .03% as the article states. A 3% reduction in fuel consumption is highly significant -- aircraft manufacturers spend millions of dollars to achieve 3% fuel economy improvements.

By: awank

awank — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:37:44 +0000

its greats..

By: Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Green Ink: Oil Bounces Back, and Europe Seeks a Gas Truce

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:11:19 +0000

[...] Commercial aviation keeps dabbling with biofuels; Continentals two-hour algae-and-jatropha-fueled test flight is just the latest, in the L.A. Times. But despite all the hype, biofuels dont really mean much fuel savings for aircraft, notes Earth2Tech. [...]