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NASA Test Flights Affirm Viability of Biofuel-Powered Commercial Jets

written by Yale Environment 360

In recent test flights, NASA researchers have confirmed that commercial airliners can safely fly on an alternative jet fuel blend and that under some conditions the biofuel mix produced 30 percent fewer emissions than typical jet fuel.

After flying DC-8 aircraft using a biofuel blend

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April 28, 2013 0 comment
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Greener Aviation Industry Deemed Feasible for Australia and Region

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The creation of a sustainable, “bio-derived” aviation industry for Australia and New Zealand can be achieved within two decades, a report by Australia’s top science agency says.

According to the report by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

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May 26, 2011 0 comment
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Mideast Project Develops Biofuel With Water From the Sea

written by Yale Environment 360

Researchers in the Middle East are developing a technology they say will convert saltwater-tolerant crops into jet fuel, creating a biofuel that doesn’t consume huge amounts of fresh water or take land away from food crops.

The Masdar Institute in the United Arab Emirates is creating a demonstration farm that will use a system called integrated seawater agriculture, in which seawater would be transported via canal to a desert-based farm that combines fish and shrimp farming with cultivation of mangrove trees and salicornia, whose seeds can be converted into fuel.

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February 5, 2010 1 comment
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First Flight Takes Off on Kerosene from Natural Gas

written by Elsa Wenzel

A Qatar Airways flight from London to Qatar has become the first passenger plane to be powered by cleaner-burning natural gas that was converted to kerosene.

“Today’s flight opens the door to an alternative to oil-based aviation fuel,” said Malcom Brinded, international executive director of Royal Dutch Shell, which is partnering with Qatar Petroleum to produce so-called gas-to-liquid (GTL) kerosene from Qatar’s abundant natural gas reserves.

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October 14, 2009 2 comments
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Betting on Algae and Big Oil?

written by Walter Wang

Does that headline grab you? If not, these numbers should:

  • $600 million: the amount Exxon has pledged to invest in a partnership with Synthetic Genomics
  • $10 million: the amount BP has invested in Martek Biosciences
  • 25 percent: the percentage of gasoline that will be replaced by biofuels by 2030, according to BP
  • 36 billion gallons: biofuels to be produced in the United States by 2022, as mandated by the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard.
  • If that has not grabbed your attention yet, consider that in January of this year, Continental Airlines completed a test flight using a biofuel mixture, which included fuel derived from algae. The test flight yielded a 1.1 percent increase in fuel efficiency compared to a jet engine using traditional jet fuel.

    That isn’t exactly a great leap forward, but achieving incremental increases in fuel efficiency coupled with the latest engine technology, as well as use of new materials in aircraft production, such as the Boeing 787, could signal a dynamic shift for the airline industry.

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    October 13, 2009 1 comment
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