Etihad Airways and Tadweer to Study Recycling Household Waste into Jet Fuel
by Sarah Townsend (The National) Research aims to explore how municipal waste can be converted into jet fuel — Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi’s flag carrier, and the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) are launching a research project to explore how municipal waste from homes and other city buildings can be converted into aircraft fuel.
“Waste-to-biofuel is a cutting edge technology and one that Etihad Airways believes will have a profoundly positive impact on the aviation industry, while also providing waste management solutions and a cleaner environment,” said Mohammad Al Bulooki, chief operating officer at Etihad Aviation Group, in a statement on Tuesday.
The adoption and improvement of sustainable energy supplies is a crucial step towards reducing the carrier’s dependency on fossil fuels, allowing the airline to grow sustainably and offset carbon emissions, he added.
Through an agreement signed …, the two parties pledged to undertake an initial feasibility study towards developing a waste-to-fuel facility in Abu Dhabi.
If the project is successful, Etihad plans to use the resulting production of jet fuel to power its own planes, it said. READ MORE
Etihad Airways, Tadweer to turn waste into jet fuel (Gulf News Aviation)