Green Options » swift enterprises http://greenoptions.com/tag/swift-enterprises Posts tagged 'swift enterprises' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Swift Enterprises Joins Race for Alternative Jet Fuel http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/27/swift-enterprises-joins-race-for-alternative-jet-fuel/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/27/swift-enterprises-joins-race-for-alternative-jet-fuel/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:35:59 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/27/swift-enterprises-joins-race-for-alternative-jet-fuel/ plane

Add another contender to the alternative aviation fuel race: Swift Enterprises. The company, which is based in Indiana, has developed a renewable jet fuel made from landfill waste, sorghum, algae, woodchips, and other feedstocks.

Swift’s biofuel currently costs $60 per gallon to produce, but the company believes that the cost will drop to $1.80 once they begin full-scale production.

And while other companies are also working on alternative fuels for planes, Swift believes that it has the most promising solution.

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