Aerospace giant Airbus has announced strategic partnerships with Honeywell Aerospace, JetBlue Airways and International Aero Engines to develop pioneering, second generation aviation biofuel.
The conglomeration has announced that it aims to explore the potential for elements such as algae and vegetables in an effort to produce cleaner fuels.
Conversion technology will be supplied by UOP (a Honeywell company) who have significant experience of converting biological materials into renewable fuels.
Commenting on the development, Sebastien Remy, Head of Alternative Fuels Research Programs for Airbus, said: “Over the last 40 years, aviation has reduced fuel burn - and therefore carbon dioxide emissions - by 70 percent, but more needs to be done. Millions of barrels of kerosene are used each day for aircraft fuel, and worldwide demand is growing. In order to replace a significant portion of that jet fuel with bio-jet, we need to find something that has much greater yield than the current biomass sources available. Airbus believes that second-generation bio-jet could provide up to 30 percent of all commercial aviation jet fuel by 2030."
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Date Published: May 16, 2008
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