Continental Conducts First Test Flight With Algae-Based Biofuel

SustainableBusiness.com, January 8, 2009

Continental Airlines flew a demonstration flight yesterday powered in part by a biofuel made from algae and jatropha oil. It is the first U.S. commercial carrier to do so. The algae oil was provided by Sapphire Energy, and the jatropha oil by Terasol Energy. It was the first time a commercial carrier has power a flight using fuel derived in part from algae. The flight was conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell's UOP, using a Boeing 737-800 equipped with CFM International CFM56-7B engines--two of which ran on a 50-50 blend of biofuel and traditional jetfuel.

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