Scientists at the University of York have forged a unique new partnership with Sichuan University in China for the development of a new crop which could make cheap, renewable fuel a reality. According to the National Biodiesel Board, biodiesel is “a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources,” and it “can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications.” The York contingent of this scientific double-act is CNAP, the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products. Based in the University of York science park, they were awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2006 and its senior professor recieved an honary degree from York.

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