British Airways has announced plans to create a set of waste plants that turn regular household waste into jet fuel for its fleet. The plan, currently being assessed in collaboration with renewable fuels company Velocys, is part of a program designed to cut fleet-wide emissions in half by 2050.
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Alaska Airlines has flown a number of commercial passengers across the United States, fueled by woody biomass.
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Without much in the way of fanfare, United Airlines began flying regularly scheduled flights using biofuels earlier this month. It's the first instance of a US airline putting commercial-scale volumes of biofuel into passenger-carrying planes on an ongoing basis.
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Using jet propellent and a combination of enzymes as catalysts, researchers at the University of Utah have produced a prototype fuel cell that runs at room temperature and without the need to ignite the fuel.
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