Energy Insecurity: The False Promise of Liquid Biofuels

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A renewable fuel derived from biological sources designed to replace conventional jet fuel for aircraft propulsion. Virent has developed a formulation that the Air Force is demonstrating.

Renewable fuels in liquid form derived from biological sources, proposed as alternatives to petroleum-based fuels for various applications including aviation.

United States

The U.S. Air Force's initiative to develop and demonstrate renewable jet biofuel as a replacement for conventional jet fuel. The program is part of broader Department of Defense renewable energy strategy.

A renewable jet fuel produced by Virent that the U.S. Air Force will demonstrate as a potential replacement for conventional jet fuel. This represents Virent's first batch of jet biofuel.