A photo from open sources The world’s first bus powered by biofuels using green euglena algae, began ride in the Japanese city of Fujisawa, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday in the press service of Isuzu. Fuel developed for the bus jointly by the Japanese truck and bus manufacturer Isuzu and by Euglena. “The bus makes 22 trips per day. We We hope that in four years we will be able to create technology, allowing the use of biofuels 100% derived from green seaweed. Now its share is 1%, “- said the representative press service. At the end of June, both companies signed an agreement on joint development of a green engine and fuel algae, which is considered a new generation of biofuels. According to plans, by 2018, companies expect to create technology, allowing to use without additional load on the engine biofuels that will be 100% produced from green algae. For diesel vehicles today biofuels is the most promising among possible environmental substitutes for gasoline and diesel fuel, since neither hydrogen nor electricity does not solve the main problem – the possibility of run on long distance without refueling. However minus biofuels there is still a high engine load. If an ambitious project will be implemented, companies will be able to offer on market a new type of biofuel, combining all the advantages this type of fuel. Euglena was the first in the world to achieve Euglena green algae growing on an industrial scale. Algae contains an oily substance, and therefore attracted the attention of scientists as a possible raw material for biofuels, in addition, it contains chlorophyll and is capable of absorbing carbon dioxide. Launch the first charter bus powered by green algae became The first step towards project implementation.
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