salicornia Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Salicornia Biofuel for Jet Engines Could Compete With Petrol Fuels and Emit Zero CO2 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/salicornia-biofuel-jet-engine-20100208/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/salicornia-biofuel-jet-engine-20100208/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6480 Salicornia is an alga that grows in salty waters and whose seeds can produce biofuels abundantly. Masdar Institute researchers, along with several companies like Boeing, Etihad Airways, and UOP Honeywell devised a method of growing salicornia for getting biofuels out of it and keeping the CO2 balance in proper equilibrium.

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