Tuesday 21 November 2017

London's Iconic Red Buses to Run on Biofuel Made From Old Coffee

London's Iconic Red Buses to Run on Biofuel Made From Old Coffee

London’s iconic red double-decker buses will soon run on a biofuel partially made from old coffee grounds. The fuel will be supplied by a demonstration project set up by Bio-bean Ltd., a London-based company that joined with Royal Dutch Shell Plc on the initiative. It will produce 6,000 liters (1,583 gallons) a year of the fuel. “It’s got a high oil content, 20 percent oil by weight in the waste coffee grounds, so it’s a really great thing to make biodiesel out of,” said Arthur Kay, founder of Bio-bean, in a phone interview.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/london-s-iconic-red-buses-to-run-on-biofuel-made-from-old-coffee?source=Snapzu

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