US Navy takes delivery of algae-based jet fuel

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Fleet on course for greener horizon

Normally associated with carbon-belching aerospace hardware, the Farnborough Air Show today saw San Francisco-based algal biotechnology company Solazyme announce the delivery of 1,500 gallons of algae-based...

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