USS Ford runs on Solazyme marine diesel; first algal fuels used in operational fleet

In California, Solayzme says the USS Ford, a U.S. Navy Frigate fleet ship, successfully journeyed from its homeport in Everett, WA to San Diego, CA using Soladiesel HRD-76®, Solazyme’s 100% algal derived renewable marine diesel fuel. The voyage was fueled using 25,000 gallons of a 50/50 blend using Soladiesel® and petroleum F-76 in the ship’s LM 2500 diesel turbines, and marks the first demonstration of the alternative fuel blend in an operational fleet ship.

Solazyme has successfully completed the delivery of over 500,000 liters of in-specification fuel to the U.S. Navy including the largest deliveries of microbially-derived advanced biofuels in history. In December 2011, Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corporation announced it had been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. Navy with 450,000 gallons of renewable fuels. Solazyme is partnered with Dynamic Fuels to fulfill the contract, and delivery to the U.S. Navy is scheduled for May 2012, marking the single largest purchase of advanced biofuel in government history.