SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --
The U.S. Military has just made its largest-ever order for biofuel and half of it will come from a Bay Area company.The Pentagon is buying 450,000 gallons of renewable fuel for Navy ships and planes, in an effort to go green. Half the fuel comes from South San Francisco-based Solazyme, which makes biodiesel from algae.
The other half is from a Louisiana company called Dynamic Fuels, which uses used cooking oil. The deal is worth $12 million.