British Airways Announces Plans for London Sustainable Jet Fuel Plant
British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group, has announced plans to establish a sustainable jet-fuel plant and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet beginning in 2014.
According to the company, the new fuel will...Read More
Salicornia Biofuel for Jet Engines Could Compete With Petrol Fuels and Emit Zero CO2
Salicornia is a suculent that grows in salty waters and whose seeds can produce biofuels abundantly. Masdar Institute researchers, along with several companies like Boeing, Etihad Airways, and UOP Honeywell devised a method of growing salicornia...Read More
DOE Releases US $20.5M for Community Renewable Energy Projects
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced the selection of five projects to receive a combined US $20.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support deployment of community-based renewable energy...Read More
New Study Shows Soy-Biodiesel’s Green Ways
While soybean-based biodiesel has been unfairly knocked at times for not being as environmentally friendly as it should be, a new study shows just how green fuel from the bean really is.
A new peer-reviewed life cycle profile released by the...Read More