Qantas hopes rubbish-burning biofuel plant will fly

[Mal]

Qantas hopes rubbish-burning biofuel plant will fly | Courier Mail

QANTAS is planning to build a biofuel plant in Sydney which will burn rubbish in an effort to power the airline's fleet with greener fuel.

The airline has teamed with US fuel supplier Solena to investigate the construction of the world's second commercial waste biofuel plant in Sydney, a move that could create 1200 jobs according to The Australian.

It is one of two biofuel projects Qantas is assessing as it moves to cut its carbon emissions and meet airline industry guidelines of improving fuel efficiency by 1.5 per cent a year to 2020 - or even a tougher UN target of 2 per cent. It is understood the other project involves using crops to make biofuel in what Qantas hopes could become a sustainable industry.

 

[anat0l]

I wonder what happened to all those biofuel experiments that some airlines participated in. NZ was one such airline that did flying trials (with ethanol blend to be precise).

 

[trippin_the_rift]

I wonder what happened to all those biofuel experiments that some airlines participated in. NZ was one such airline that did flying trials (with ethanol blend to be precise).

The NZ ethanol blend aircraft was retired last year I believe...