Local Company Recognized for Biofuel Testing
by Randal Yakey (The News Herald) … Popular Science magazine has named Applied Research Associates and their partners among the 25 science stories of the year for their research work with biofuels.
On Oct. 29, Applied Research Associates (ARA) and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) partnered with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. to test and analyze their ReadiJet drop-in jet fuel during the first civilian jet powered by 100 percent biofuel, according to company officials. The fight took place near Ottawa, Canada.
The biofuel, ReadiJet, was produced by ARA, under contract to AFRL, from Agrisoma’s Resonance feedstock crop using CLG’s and ARA’s biofuel conversion process. READ MORE