Middle Eastern Airlines Studying Biofuels as Efficient Alternative

by Ivan Gale (The National) Middle Eastern airlines are being urged to invest in biofuels programmes to help their industry achieve ambitious targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Aviation produces about 2 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, but growth in air travel will cause the industry to triple its greenhouse gas pollution by 2050, according to the global consultancy Booz & Co, which has just published a report on the subject.
..."The development of high-quality biofuels is emerging as the big hope for achieving ambitious climate targets," said Juergen Ringbeck, a Booz & Co partner and air transport analyst. "There is no route map for the international aviation industry that doesn't involve biofuels."
Etihad Airways is involved in a five-year project to create jet fuel from plants grown in salt water. Qatar Airways said last year it would develop new sources of biofuels in partnership with aerospace and energy companies in a project called the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform. READ MORE