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The first aircraft biofuel batch comes from Mozambique

Maputo, Mozambique - Made in a British subsidiary

Lufthansa announced on Friday, July 22 that is arrived it's first shipment of 30 tons of aircraft biofuel from Mozambique, where it is produced by Sun Biofuels Mozambique, local subsidiary of the UK company Sun Biofuels. The airline will now proceed with testing on the new biofuel. The fuel is derived from the oil of the seeds of the jatropha plant, a vegetable not edible and poisonous, fast growing...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1132259
Rome, Italy, 07/25/2011 12:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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