{"id":14189,"date":"2007-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20070109-01n"},"modified":"2007-01-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-08T22:00:00","slug":"uk-f3-racing-car-using-biofuel-and-renewable-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/uk-f3-racing-car-using-biofuel-and-renewable-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: F3 racing car &#8211; using biofuel and renewable technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>In a unique collaboration, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myerscough.ac.uk\/\" >Myerscough College<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnfcc.co.uk\/\" >National Non-Food Crops Centre(NNFCC)<\/a> are driving motorsports forwards into a sustainable future using biofuels and renewable technologies. A F3 racing car prepared by students at Myerscough College, complete with NNFCC livery, will be on display at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autosport-international.com\/\" >Autosport International Racing Car Show<\/a> at the NEC in Birmingham from 11-14th January 2007.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The car is part of Myerscough College&#8217;s biofuels research program and will be tested running on various blends of bioethanol. <\/p>\n<p>NNFCC will attend on 11th January to report on the potential for renewable technologies and materials in the automotive industry. Myerscough College will be active throughout the 4 day show, displaying the F3 car and promoting their motorsports education and research facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Through their collaboration, NNFCC and Myerscough College are able to fuel innovation and growth in both the motor industry and the renewables sector. The College will run a biofuel-powered vehicle in the British Off-Road Championship in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Autosport International is the biggest motorsports show in the world, with over 90,000 visitors expected over four days.<\/p>\n<p><b>The NNFCC:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The NNFCC is The National Non-Food Crops Centre, the UK&#8217;s single independent authority on renewable materials and technology. The priority sectors are:<br \/>Biofuels and Biorefineries, Plant-derived Pharmaceuticals, Renewable Polymers, Biolubricants, Speciality and Fine Chemicals, Crop-derived Construction Materials<\/p>\n<p>Download the Press Release (3 pages) <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-images\/20070109-01\/Autosport_press_release_080107.pdf\" >here<\/a> (PDF, 143 KB).<\/p>\n<p>(Cf. news from <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/bioconcept-car-nachwachsende-rohstoffe-im-rennsport\/\" >Jan. 03, 2007<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>In a unique collaboration, Myerscough College and the National Non-Food Crops Centre(NNFCC) are driving motorsports forwards into a sustainable future using biofuels and renewable technologies.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[],"class_list":["post-14189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14189"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}