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The bulk of federal credits for renewable energy go toward non-food source crops such as Camelina, which is currently being researched in the northern part of the United States.
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Camelina, which is grown in rotation with certain wheat crops, is only one of a number of potential biofuel sources identified by Boeing and others.
Honeywell Demo Flight Seeks to Generate Momentum For Aviation Biofuels Andy Pasztor 2011
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Camelina, which is grown in rotation with certain wheat crops, is only one of a number of potential biofuel sources identified by Boeing and others.
Honeywell Demo Flight Seeks to Generate Momentum For Aviation Biofuels Andy Pasztor 2011
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Half of the fuel powering this plane at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene Texas is made from a weed-like plant called Camelina.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Half of the fuel powering this plane at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene Texas is made from a weed-like plant called Camelina.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A European Union study entitled Camelina Oil As A Fuel For Diesel Transport Engines
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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Camelina is fast growing, produces its own natural herbicide (allelopathy) and competes well against weeds when an even crop is established.
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According to Britain's Bangor University's Centre for Alternative Land Use, "Camelina could be an ideal low-input crop suitable for bio-diesel production, due to its lower requirements for nitrogen fertilizer than oilseed rape."
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Camelina, a branch of the mustard family, is indigenous to both Europe and Central Asia and hardly a new crop on the scene: archaeological evidence indicates it has been cultivated in Europe for at least three millennia to produce both vegetable oil and animal fodder.
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Unlike Brazil, where biofuel is manufactured largely from sugarcane, or the United States, where it is primarily distilled from corn, Central Asia's ace resource is an indigenous plant, Camelina sativa.
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