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Navy test ship for biofuel completes first trip
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 17, 2011 10:24:34 EST
Posted : Thursday Nov 17, 2011 10:24:34 EST
PORT HUENEME, Calif. — The Navy says its largest test of alternative fuel use was a success with the safe arrival of a destroyer powered by a mix of algae-based fuel and petroleum.
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The Paul F. Foster ship arrived Thursday morning to the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Port Hueneme in Southern California after traveling for 17 hours on a maiden trip from San Diego.
Officials say the test on the decommissioned destroyer was a major milestone for the Navy aiming to cut its fossil fuel use in half over the next decade. The Navy plans to incorporate what it calls a “Great Green Fleet,” entirely run on alternative fuels by 2016.
The Navy says the destroyer performed the same as when it runs on fossil fuel.
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Howard Lipin / The San Diego Union-Tribune via the AP
Navy Lt. Commander Frank Kim holds a glass container with algae based biofuel, left, and a container of diesel fuel, right, in San Diego. The algae based fuel is being tested in the Self Defense Test Ship, formally the destryoer Paul F. Foster, at Naval Base Point Loma.
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