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Navy to power fighter jets with Montana biofuels from Sustainable Oils of Bozeman

September 9, 2009 /

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The U.S. Navy plans to fly fighter jets within the next year powered by "biofuels" made from algae and oilseeds, part of a fledgling effort to reduce the military’s dependence on imported fossil fuels.

The military for the last several years has been conducting test flights using synthetic jet fuels derived from coal and natural gas. Now the Navy wants to expand that effort to include fuels from algae and the oilseed crop camelina, which is grown in arid parts of the West including Montana.

Biofuels contracts worth more than $11 million were awarded recently to Solazyme of San Francisco and Sustainable Oils http://www.susoils.com/ of Bozeman, Montana

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_b9ec3f48-9d40-11de-aecf-001cc4c03286.html

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