From aopa----
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA RESEARCHING TURBINE BIOFUELS
At England's Farnborough Airshow, engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Canada
announced that it is leading an industry-university research effort to
investigate the potential use of biofuels in small- and medium-sized turbine
engines. The fuels would not compete with human food sources and could
include jatropha (a succulent plant) and algae-derived biofuels, as well as
biobutanol, which is derived from the fermentation of livestock feeds. "We
aim to have a fuel-flexible engine and develop technologies that will allow
us to offer aircraft manufacturers an innovative and green power solution,"
said Walter Di Bartolomeo, Pratt & Whitney Canada's vice president of
engineering. The green fuels project will last four years and is sponsored
by the governments of Canada and India.