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- 1. Air New Zealand to test Jatropha Plant as Alternative Fuel Source
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Air New Zealand to test Jatropha Plant as Alternative Fuel Source. Jatropha is a plant that grows to approximately three metres high and produces seed that contain inedible lipid oil that is used to produce fuel. Each seed produces between 30 and 40% of its mass in oil and jatropha can be grown in a range of difficult conditions, including arid and non-arable areas.
- 2. TAM Airlines and Airbus Test Jatropha-based Biofuel
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TAM Airlines and Airbus Test Jatropha-based Biofuel. TAM Airlines, together with Airbus, has conducted a Jatropha-based biofuel flight using an Airbus A320. The biofuel, processed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell group, was a 50% blend of locally-sourced Brazilian Japtropha-based bio-kerosene and conventional aviation kerosene. 20 people from TAM Airlines and Airbus were
- 3. Air New Zealand's Jatropha Test Flight to take place 30 December
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Air New Zealand's Jatropha Test Flight to take place 30 December. Air New Zealand has confirmed that its test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel will now take place on 30 December 2008. The flight had originally been planned for 3 December 2008. The two-hour test flight is scheduled to take off from Auckland airport on Tuesday morning 30 December, with the ja
- 4. Continental Airlines to Conduct Biofuel Flight in January
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Continental Airlines to Conduct Biofuel Flight in January. Continental Airlines is to conduct its first biofuel-powered demonstration flight in Houston on 7 January 2009. The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants - sustainable, second-generation fuel source
- 5. Biofuel Test Flight Report Shows Significant Fuel Saving
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Biofuel Test Flight Report Shows Significant Fuel Saving. According to one of the key findings from the Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 Rolls-Royce powered test flight last year, up to 1.4 tonnes of fuel can be saved on a twelve-hour long haul flight powered by a 50/50 blend of second generation jatropha sustainable biofuel and traditional Jet A1.
- 6. Air New Zealand and Boeing to conduct Sustainable Biofuels Test Flight in December
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Air New Zealand and Boeing to conduct Sustainable Biofuels Test Flight in December. Air New Zealand and Boeing have confirmed 3 December 2008 as the date for the airline's sustainable biofuels flight from Auckland using a 747-400 jetliner. Conducted in partnership with Rolls-Royce and UOP, a Honeywell company, one of the airplane's four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines will be powered in
- 7. Continental Airlines Tests Sustainable Biofuels
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Continental Airlines Tests Sustainable Biofuels. The demonstration flight was conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell’s UOP using a two-engine aircraft - a Boeing 737-800 equipped with CFM International CFM56-7B engines.
- 8. JAL's Biofuel Demo Flight set for 30 January 2009
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JAL to conduct Biofuel Demo Flight on 30 January 2009. Japan Airlines is preparing to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel refined from the energy crop, camelina. The flight is planned for January 30, 2009 out of Haneda Airport, Tokyo. A blend of 50% biofuel and 50% traditional Jet-A jet (kerosene) fuel will be tested in one of the four Pratt & Whitney JT9D en
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