Truly Sustainable Renewable Future
March 17, 2009 – 10:42 am | No Comment

Advanced Biofuels are high-energy liquid transportation fuels derived from: low nutrient input/high per acre yield crops; agricultural or forestry waste; or other sustainable biomass feedstocks including algae.  The key word is “sustainable.”
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China Shrub Shows Biofuel Promise
February 24, 2010 – 3:56 pm | No Comment

China’s poisonous jatropha shrub is showing promise as biofuel and could boost the country’s efforts to reduce dependency on imported crude oil.
In the past, farmers planted the poisonous perennial only as a barrier to ward …

Aviation Biofuels: The Bumpy Road to Scale Production
February 23, 2010 – 10:35 am | No Comment

by Niall O’Keeffe  (FlightGlobal)  Both of the major commercial airframers have joined forces with industry peers to pursue new biofuel research initiatives, reflecting an intensification of concern about future availability of alternative fuels in the …

Aerospace Chief: Industry on Track to Deliver ‘Greener’ Aircraft
February 19, 2010 – 3:21 pm | No Comment

(EurActiv.com)  Industry is on track to ensure “carbon-neutral growth” in the aviation sector from 2020, but strengthened European Union support for research and development (R&D) is vital to help manufacturers deliver the green technologies required, …

Biofuels Are Essential to Reducing EU ETS Carbon Costs and Meeting Carbon-Neutral Growth Goals, Says Report
February 18, 2010 – 2:37 pm | No Comment

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Although not commercially viable yet, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) offers a strong financial, as well as environmental, incentive for the adoption of jet biofuels, says a new report by EQ2. Based …

British Airways Signs Deal to Make Biofuel for Aircraft
February 17, 2010 – 2:34 pm | No Comment

by  Gerard Wynn  (Reuters)   British Airways will start sourcing a small portion of its jet fuel from municipal waste from 2014, under a deal with U.S.-based biofuel company Solena Group, the two companies announced on …

Algae to Solve the Pentagon’s Jet Fuel Problem
February 17, 2010 – 1:26 pm | No Comment

by Suzanne Goldenberg  (The Guardian)   The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent.
The claim, which comes …

Rentech and ClearFuels Integrated Bio-Refinery Project Awarded $23 Million Grant by U.S. Department of Energy
February 11, 2010 – 12:52 pm | No Comment

Rentech, Inc.  and ClearFuels Technology Inc., jointly announced that their project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (”RETC”) in Denver has been awarded a conditional $22.6 million grant from the U.S. …

University of Queensland Institute Ignites Plans for Jet Biofuel
February 9, 2010 – 12:43 pm | No Comment

(Queensland Business Review)  The University of Queensland (UQ) has entered into a new agreement with an American alternative energy company to turn Queensland sugar cane into jet biofuel.
Researchers from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering & …

International Air Transport Association Blasts Governments and Oil Companies for Neglect of Biofuels
January 28, 2010 – 7:42 am | No Comment

by Naill O’Keefe (FlightGlobal) 
The International Air Transport Association has criticised the oil industry and national governments for failing to invest in the development of aviation biofuel.
Explaining why he is “disappointed” with the lack of government action, …

Food, Fertilizer and Biofuel All in One Place
January 22, 2010 – 3:17 pm | No Comment

by Michael Kannellos (GreenTechMedia)  Take marginal land, fish waste and a plant that’s not currently cultivated for human purposes and what do you get? Hopefully jet fuel.
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Honeywell UOP, …

US Carriers Challenge Legality of EU ETS
January 22, 2010 – 7:08 am | No Comment

by Geoffrey Thomas (Eco-Aviation Today) US Air Transport Assn. American Airlines, Continental Airlines and United Airlines initiated a legal challenge in the UK High Court of Justice against aviation’s inclusion in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, …

Great Plains Doubling Camelina Acreage in 2010 as Aviation Biofuels Darling Gains Traction
January 21, 2010 – 3:36 pm | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Camelina has been much in the news of late, as a biofuels feedstock of strong promise, because of its position as one of the few “sustainable, affordable, reliable, available” feedstocks suitable …

Working Week: Building the CAAFI Coalition
January 20, 2010 – 11:16 am | No Comment

by Jeffrey Decker (FlightGlobal)  Interview with Richard Altman, executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, working closely with aviation’s private and public sectors in a bid to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020  …
Are …

Pew Report Finds Reductions in Aviation GHG Emissions over Business-as-Usual Projections Could Be Halved
January 20, 2010 – 11:05 am | No Comment

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Under business-as-usual (BAU) forecasts, CO2 emissions from global aviation are estimated to grow 3.1% per year over the next 40 years, resulting in a 300% increase in emissions by 2050 compared to 2007. However, …

Major Study into the Feasibility of a Jet Biofuel Refinery at Stockholm-Arlanda Provides Encouragement
January 20, 2010 – 10:48 am | No Comment

(GreenAirOnline.com) A major study to investigate the technical and financial feasibility of a biorefinery plant to supply Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport with 50,000 tonnes of jet biofuel per year has been completed. The project was initiated …

Next Generation Biofuels: The Big Picture
January 20, 2010 – 9:54 am | No Comment

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  As industry and governments enter a new decade and contemplate the outcome of the December, 2009 Copenhagen treaty, the ‘big picture’ on biofuels continues to get lost in the rhetoric …

Boeing, Etihad Airways, Honeywell and Masdar Institute to Establish the First Integrated, Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project for Aviation
January 18, 2010 – 3:41 pm | One Comment

Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell’s UOP announced an agreement to establish a major research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi dedicated to sustainable energy solutions. The Sustainable …

US Jet Fuel Biorefinery Projects Receive $100m
January 11, 2010 – 1:28 pm | No Comment

by Megan Kuhn (Flightglobal)  Four companies with biorefinery projects targeting alternative jet fuel production will receive grant money totalling up to $100 million from the US Energy Department.
Honeywell subsidiary UOP, algae-based fuel developer Sapphire Energy, …

Qatar National Entities And Airbus Announce Major Environmental Initiative
January 11, 2010 – 8:54 am | No Comment

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) announced today that they will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of sustainable bio jet fuel that will …

The Brazilian Connection: As Renewable Jet Fuel Gains Traction, Brazil’s Sugarcane Is More Popular Than Ever
January 8, 2010 – 11:20 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  … The search for cheap sugars … affects almost every company working on the ethanol platform (really, everyone there except the gasification technologies such as Coskata). It also impacts those like LS9, …

Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
January 4, 2010 – 5:21 pm | No Comment

by Elizabeth Rosenthal (New York Times)  In 2002 Responsible Travel became one of the first travel companies to offer customers the option of buying so-called carbon offsets to counter the planet-warming emissions generated by their …

GE, Embraer, Others Studying Sugarcane-Based Jet Fuel
December 29, 2009 – 4:48 pm | No Comment

Embraer, General Electric, and Amyris announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate thetechnical and sustainability aspects of Amyris’ No Compromise® renewable jet fuel. The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early …

The European Directive to Include Aviation in the European CO2 Emission Trading Scheme, Consequences and Strategic Options for the Aviation Industry
December 28, 2009 – 7:26 pm | No Comment

by Vadim Bespertov, et al. 
This document is the production of a team of aviation and aerospace industry experts who have joined efforts and know-how for a 4 month strategic planning & research exercise as …

Company Wants to Turn Fat into Fuel at Iowa Plant
December 28, 2009 – 7:54 am | No Comment

by Amy Lorentzen  (AP)  A central Iowa plant could soon begin producing jet fuel from poultry fat.  Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Elevance Renewable Sciences plans to build a $15 million plant in Newton, adding onto an existing …

15 Airlines Take Groundbreaking Step in Alternative Fuel Deployment, Sign Comprehensive MOUs to Negotiate Purchase of Fuel from AltAir & Rentech
December 16, 2009 – 7:54 am | No Comment

The Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, announced that a core group of airlines has signed groundbreaking memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with two different producers …

Grant to Fund Construction of Biomass Gasifier for Production of Renewable Synthetic Fuels at Rentech’s Demonstration Plant in Colorado
December 8, 2009 – 9:09 am | No Comment

Rentech, Inc., and ClearFuels Technology Inc. (ClearFuels) jointly announced that they have been selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to construct a biomass gasifier …

KLM Takes Strides in Sustainable Air Transport
November 30, 2009 – 2:06 pm | No Comment

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today operated its first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable biokerosene. To give an extra impulse to sustainable air transport, KLM today also joined hands with North Sea Petroleum and Spring …

Embraer, GE Plan Biofuel Flight
November 23, 2009 – 10:43 am | No Comment

by Mary Grady (AVWeb)  Embraer and General Electric will flight-test a renewable jet fuel by early 2012, the companies said. They plan to use a renewable biofuel made from sugar cane, developed by Amyris Biotechnologies, …

Alternative Fuel ‘Can Power 15% of Flights by 2020′
November 22, 2009 – 12:46 pm | No Comment

(AFP)  Alternative fuels could power 15 percent of global air traffic by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030, European aircraft-maker Airbus said at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday.  “If we get the right sources, it …

USAF to Build Facility for Alternative Fuel Research
November 13, 2009 – 8:11 am | No Comment

by Mark Barkoviak  (Daily Tech)  The United States Air Force hopes to conduct research related to alternative fuels that could one day help the military transition away from gasoline.  The $2.5 million Assured Aerospace Fuels …

KLM to Join the Jet Biofuel Demonstration Flight Club Using a Camelina Blended Bio-Kerosene
November 10, 2009 – 8:34 am | No Comment

(GreenairOnline.com)  KLM has announced that it will conduct a demonstration flight on November 23 in which one of the four engines of a Boeing 747 will be powered by a blended mixture of 50 percent …

KLM to Fly First Passengers Using Bio-Diesel
November 5, 2009 – 6:40 pm | No Comment

by Sukhpreet Manchanda (TopNews)   Dutch KLM will be the first airline to fly a passenger flight using bio-diesel.  The Boeing 747 flight, carrying a limited number of passengers, will take off on November 23 using …

Honeywell’s UOP and China National Petroleum Corp. to Collaborate on Biofuels Projects in China
November 4, 2009 – 9:32 am | No Comment

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) under which the two companies will collaborate on a range of biofuels technologies and projects …

Aviation and Alternative Fuels November 16-18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 2, 2009 – 2:27 pm | No Comment
Aviation and Alternative Fuels November 16-18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Conference is intended to be a major event showcasing the state of the art in aviation alternative fuels, and an event at which a road map for the implementation of aviation alternative fuels will …

Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP and Government of Mexico Launch Research and Advocacy Collaboration to Drive Commercial Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels
October 23, 2009 – 5:05 pm | No Comment

Boeing [NYSE: BA], the Airports and Auxiliary Services agency (ASA), an arm of Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport, and Honeywell’s UOP today announced a collaboration to identify, research and further the development of a …

Branson on the Power of Biofuels and Elders
October 16, 2009 – 8:15 am | No Comment

by Andrew C. Revkin (New York Times)   …   By 2020, he hopes that  fuel for his companies’ jet fleets will be derived from algae or consist of  isobutanol, derived from sugars. The advantage of isobutanol, …

Navy Secretary Announces Energy Changes
October 15, 2009 – 12:32 pm | No Comment

by Bettina H. Chavanne  (Aviation Week)  …  (U.S. Navy Secretary Ray) Mabus also introduced the idea of a Great Green Fleet, a green strike group comprising nuclear vessels, surface combatants equipped with hybrid electric systems …

Boeing Looks at Greener Partnerships for Aviation
October 13, 2009 – 7:27 am | No Comment

(CCTV) After producing aircraft components for Boeing for more than two decades, China is expected to become the US airplane manufacturer’s research and development (R&D) partner for environmentally friendly technologies that will make the aviation industry …

ANZ CEO Rob Fyfe Takes Off Gloves to Fight Environmental Inertia
October 13, 2009 – 7:14 am | No Comment

by  Geoffrey Thomas (Eco-Aviation Today) In one of the hardest-hitting speeches in recent times, Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe lashed out at the “inconvenient truth” that the world’s leaders, regulators and airlines are continuing to …

International Civil Aviation Organization Sets Aviation Emissions Targets
October 12, 2009 – 2:43 pm | No Comment

 by Adrian Schofield (Aviation Week)  ICAO members have reached agreement on a set of environmental targets for the aviation sector, although it is setting higher fuel efficiency standards than industry was proposing.  After a high-level …

United Airlines Chief calls for More Investment in Developing the Alternative Jet Fuels Market
October 12, 2009 – 2:33 pm | No Comment

(GreenAirOnline.com)  Glenn Tilton, Chairman of both United Airlines and the Air Transport Association of America, called on government, investors and producers to seize the opportunity to provide the airline industry with alternative fuels. Speaking at …

Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP, Masdar Institute and Industry Team Launch Study of Jet Fuel Made from Saltwater Plants
October 6, 2009 – 5:22 pm | No Comment

Boeing announced it is joining with Honeywell’s UOP to commission a study on the sustainability of a leading family of saltwater-based plant candidates for renewable jet fuel. The study is being commissioned as part of …

UAL’s Tilton Says Airlines Want Alternative Fuels
October 2, 2009 – 10:02 am | No Comment

(Reuters)  U.S. commercial airlines and military aircraft would make a strong long-term market for alternatives to jet fuel, said Glenn Tilton, the chief executive officer of UAL Corp and its United Airlines unit.  Speaking at …

Energy, National Security and Defense Department Solutions
September 11, 2009 – 9:46 am | No Comment

On September 10, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing about the national security threats posed by our reliance on fossil fuels and efforts underway by the U.S. armed services to reduce …

Sustainable Oils to Supply Navy with Camelina-based Jet Fuel
September 10, 2009 – 7:56 am | No Comment

Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, environmentally clean, and high-value camelina-based fuels, announced today it has been awarded a contract by the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) for 40,000 gallons of camelina-based jet fuel. The …

EERC Awarded Subcontract by SAIC to Help Produce Military Renewable Jet Fuel from Algae
August 11, 2009 – 11:31 am | No Comment

(GreenAirOnline.com)  The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce military JP-8 jet fuel from algae. Funding …

Renewable Jet-Fueled Rocket Approaches the Sound Barrier
July 31, 2009 – 12:26 pm | No Comment

Renewable jet propellant-8 (JP-8) fuel developed and produced by the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota was successfully flown in a rocket built by Flometrics, Inc., a product engineering …

New Biofuel Is Potential Avgas Replacement
July 31, 2009 – 11:20 am | No Comment

by William Garvey (Business and Commercial Aviation/Aviation Week)  Manufacturers of piston-engine aircraft and powerplant makers are showing interest in an experimental, non-petroleum biofuel that could possibly serve as a “drop-in” replacement for leaded avgas.  Swift …

Ethanol Powered Stunt Team Ready For Sioux Falls Airshow
July 28, 2009 – 4:02 pm | No Comment

by Brian Allen  (KSFY Action News) One of the stunt flying teams you’ll see at this weekend’s Sioux Falls Airshow is based out of Tea.  The “Vanguard Squardon” fly just feet apart from each other …

Green Skies Thinking: Promoting the Development and Commercialisation of Sustainable Bio-jet Fuels
July 28, 2009 – 3:32 pm | No Comment

The latest research note from the UK’s Policy Exchange recommends that bio-jet fuels should become a priority for the aviation industry; that they represent the only viable option for significantly reducing emissions from aviation without cutting the number …