Working Week: Building the CAAFI Coalition
The private sector, both legacy (oil companies) and new companies, are also pulling their load for the most part. They are creating the opportunities for alternative fuels to take off.
Where we need more help is pretty much where everyone has a problem now – the private financial sector. Capital formation is our, and alternative energy in general’s, greatest problem.
What 2010 developments are you most excited about? We need production memoranda of understanding in place between energy producers and the airline industry for long-term production buys. CAAFI’s goal is to have at least 10 in place by 2013 in the USA. This is crucial if our industry is to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020.
Second, we need to complete our hydrotreated renewable jet certification under ASTM D7566. These are the fuels that flew in December and January a year ago. This will both be important in opening a whole array of feedstocks for production and also affirm our ability to turn around a certification process demonstrated for Fischer-Tropsch fuels in 2009. READ MORE
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