September 11th, 2007
Biodiesel with a special Australian flavour
GoingGreen is an international gathering of privately-owned GreenTech companies today in Davis, California. Wandering around huge trays of fresh fruit and vegies, and a few recyclable glasses of California wine, I found one of the Aussie guys here. Paul Johnston is representing Terra Fuel.
They’re doing something unique in the world of diesel he says. Johnston explains they have a system
for injecting ethanol into diesel engines, with minimal injstallation work. TerraFuel can retrofit any diesel on the road, or out in the quarry, individual machines from SUV to Tractor-trailer. Says Johnston: he ethanol makes the engine burn cooler and 10% more efficiently with lowered fuel costs. It reduces the greenhouse gas emissions. Like Brazil, Australia gets it ethanol from sugar cane. In the U.S., of course, most of the ethanol now comes from corn.
The first big project for Terra Fuel has been with the regional public agencies in Brisbane where they
are now headquartered. Highway maintenance vehicles, school buses, cars, heavy equipment–in Brisbane they run on Terra Fuel’s 20% mix of ethanol with regular diesel. Johnston says their technology will fit nicely with the new generations of diesel engines and the cleaner diesel fuel which I blogged recently.
A newsman since 1969, Harry Fuller has worked for CBS, ABC, CNBC Europe, CNET and was founding news director at TechTV. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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