Sentences with phrase «new aviation biofuel»

Not exact matches

A new era in aviation dawned this week in the U.S. with the first flights powered by biofuels.

«Certainly the data from our biofuel test flight will be a critical component towards helping biofuel become a certified aviation fuel,» Air New Zealand's general manager of airline operations and chief pilot, Capt. David Morgan, said in a statement.

The search for cleaner aviation is already underway, with major airlines like Air New Zealand setting ambitious goals for sustainable biofuels and Virgin boss Richard Branson developing his own alternatives.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will spend $ 250 million to establish and operate two new Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels from biomass, including biodiesel, biofuels for aviation, and biologically based hydrogen and other fuels from sunlight.

Now we hear that Air New Zealand, whose previous efforts on biofuels for aviation have already caught our attention, has set a goal of using one million barrels of «environmentally sustainable» fuel annually by 2013.