New Rum and Sargassum project aims to transition Barbados’ road traffic to clean energy

Called Rum and Sargassum, the new project aims to have a quarter of Barbados’ cars transition to clean energy.

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Barbados Today reports that The University of the West Indies (UWI) is executing a project that will see vehicles running on a biofuel made using Sargassum seaweed and rum distillery wastewater, with the aim of having much of Barbados’ road traffic transition to clean energy.

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