Posts Tagged ‘Jet Fuel’
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
In a bid to go green, British Airways has announced that come 2014, part of its fleet would be powered by biofuel derived from household trash. The airlines announced Monday that it has inked a deal with U.S. company Solena Group to set up Europe’s “first sustainable jet-fuel plant.”
Tags: Airlines, Bid, Biofuel, British Airways, Europe, Fleet, Fuel Plant, Garbage, Household Trash, Jet Fuel, London, Planes, U S Company
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Filed under: Business , Airlines , Ecotourism , Consumer Activism The new trend among all sorts of green energies is in bio-fuels, those combustible fluids made from renewable sources such as switch grass, corn or soybeans. They're all over the place in the automotive industry, millions of cars burning E38, offering flex fuel options and touting their eco consciousness. It should only follow that the airline industry jumped on the wagon. But how valid is the concept of using bio-fuels
Tags: Airline Industry, Airlines, All Sorts, Automotive Industry, Bio Fuels, Bio Jet, Cars, Consciousness, Consumer Activism, Corn, Fuel Options, Jet Fuel, New Trend, Renewable Sources, Soybeans, Switch Grass
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
New Scientist has an article on a project to make jet fuel from sea water, using the dissolved CO2 and electrolyzed hydrogen. Here is an excerpt from the close: “The idea of using CO2 as a carbon source is appealing,” says Philip Jessop, a chemist at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. But to make a jet fuel that is properly “green”, the energy-intensive electrolysis that produces the hydrogen will need to use a carbon-neutral energy source; and the complex multi-step process
Tags: Carbon Source, Chemist, Co2, Electrolysis, Energy Source, Excerpt From, Green Energy, Green Fuel, Hydrogen, Jessop, Jet Fuel, Kingston Ontario Canada, Neutral Energy, New Scientist, Queen, S University, Sea Water
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
LA Times:For about 15 days a month, Alaska Airlines pilot Jim Lancaster lives in a motor home in Parking Lot B near the southernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport.Every four minutes, a jetliner or turboprop roars in — 500 feet above his front door — for a landing. The noise is so loud it forces Lancaster to pause during conversations. But he doesn’t mind. Lancaster puts up with the smell of jet fuel and screaming engines to save time and money.Related Posts:Business Week - The Grea
Tags: Airline Workers, Alaska Airlines, Business Week, Conversations, Four Minutes, Grea, Jet Fuel, Jetliner, Jim Lancaster, La Times, Lax Parking Lot, Los Angeles International Airport, Pilot, Time And Money, Turboprop
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Written on July 5, 2009 Machinery Lubrication reports that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring ways to convert french fry grease or plant-based “cellulosic and algae sources” into JP8 jet fuel. The goal, explained Barbara McQuiston, director of the Strategic Technology Office and program manager for biofuels, is to come up with non-petroleum sources to power military vehicles. Two side benefits, she said, will be lower fuel costs and fewer environmentall
Tags: Advanced Research Projects Agency, Algae, Cellulosic, Darpa, Defense Advanced Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, French Fry Grease, Fuel Costs, Jet Fuel, Mcquiston, Military Vehicles, Petroleum Sources, Research Projects Agency, Strategic Technology, Technology Office
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