Sentences with phrase «aviation biofuel from»

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Whether for supersonic fighter jets or commercial airliners, the aviation world has begun a quest for the fuel of the future, transitioning away from petroleum - derived JP - 8 and Jet A varieties to Fischer - Tropsch synthetics or biofuels.

When Greene began analyzing emissions from the aviation sector in the 1980s, «the consensus was there really wasn't a role for biofuels in aircraft — let alone hydrogen,» he says.

United Airlines recently purchased a refinery to supply its planes with aviation fuel made entirely from municipal solid waste and Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines and British Airways have announced plans to begin using biofuels in the next two to five years.

«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.

But if such a biofuel is grown and manufactured without much fossil - based energy, if it doesn't come from fields or forests (Mr. Charles stressed there is no palm oil involved), this might be the first hint that aviation — still a small fraction of the overall greenhouse - gas pie, but one of the fastest - growing wedges — could avoid adding greatly to the climate challenge while subtracting just a little bit from the world's energy challenge.

The fuel was supplied by SkyNRG, an aviation biofuels company, and made by Dynamic Fuels, a producer of «next - generation» fuels made from used cooking oil.

Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy — a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel (earlier post)-- as part of the airline's biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon - neutral growth from 2020.

The introduction of biofuels could mitigate some of aviation's carbon emissions, if biofuels can be developed to meet the demanding specifications of the aviation industry, although both the costs of such fuels and the emissions from their production process are uncertain at this time (medium agreement, medium evidence)[5.3.3].

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.