Photo Gallery Alga-Powered Aviation
There are plans for the aviation industry to replace kerosene with biofuel derived from algae. The new fuel comes with a surprising benefit: Planes will be able to fly farther on the same amount of fuel.
For the first time in history, a small aircraft, a Diamond DA42, its engines driven solely by pure algae fuel, lifted off at the International Aviation Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin.
Foto: DDP
Otto Pulz, a biotechnologist in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, planned the test flight for the small aircraft. He is using algae to create biofuels.
Foto: Steffen Rasche
One bottle containing kerosene and two bottles containning GTL, "green" liquid fuel made from natural gas. The aviation industry is looking for ways to make flying greener.
Foto: ERIC CABANIS/ AFP
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