It really does seem like a scaling up of made - from -
waste aviation fuels is inevitable.
Not exact matches
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.
«Converting
waste water from dairies to animal feed and
aviation fuel.»
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.
«Decarbonization of heavy industry and
aviation will be difficult, which makes converting industrial
waste gases into low - carbon jet
fuel a fascinating prospect,» said James Beard, climate and
aviation specialist at WWF in the U.K. «All airlines should pursue the development of genuinely sustainable, low - carbon
fuels that are certified to minimize indirect land use change.»
Though not yet ready for commercial production, the Indiana - based company says that it has developed a bio-
aviation fuel made from landfill
waste, sorghum, algae and wood chips which it says will be cheaper to produce and perform better than current
aviation fuels.