100% renewable jet fuel?
October 7, 2008The Energy and Environment Resource Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has announced that it has created a 100% renewable fuel that meets the JP-8 aviation fuel screening criteria. This new process can utilize crop oils and waste greases to create the fuel.
The US DOD supported this research with a grant through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The ramifications of this are huge – the US military is the world’s single largest consumer of petroleum, and JP-8 is by far the largest portion of military fuel use. This is not the only avenue the military is exploring in its quest for energy independence. The Air Force is also a major investor in CTL technology. Anything at allows the US military to become independent of petroleum would, of course, have strategic ramifications, but it would also send a price signal to the energy markets that would be felt all the way to the price you pay at your local filling station.
[...] with the Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota to create a 100% renewable form of JP-8 made from crop oil and waste greases. Last week, an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt flew a test mission using a 100% synthetic fuel [...]
[...] up on earlier efforts that produce military grade JP-8 from a mix of half liquefied coal and a 100% renewable mix of crop oils and waste greases, the Energy& Environmental Research Center at the University of [...]