MUSCAT: Oman’s National Transport Company — Mwasalat launched Green Bus powered by biofuel, considered to be the first in the Arab world.
The fuel was made from date kernel oil by a research team at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).
“In an achievement that is the first of its kind in the Arab world, Sultan Qaboos University celebrated the launch of the first trip by the Oman National Transport Company Mwasalat bus, which is powered by diesel combined with biofuel produced in the laboratories of Sultan Qaboos University and extracted from date palm kernels,” Oman News Agency said.
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