From be1ce61e5ceaa53e095eb8aec3395f89bd012fa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lourdes Mary Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:38:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum' --- Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md diff --git a/Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md b/Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..138ac3f --- /dev/null +++ b/Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +
It's bad enough for some [prop airplanes](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at business airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil aviation market under [increasing pressure](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) from [increasing oil](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to find viable alternatives to standard kerosene and these so far seem to come down to numerous types of [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel leader, [Sir Richard](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) started London to Amsterdam flights with [limited](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of routine fuel and [bio derivatives](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) consisting of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foods.
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) as one of the finest candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) production. It is [resistant](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) to dry spell and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research study and development into the usage of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical experts for the job.
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The current airline company to start experimenting with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One truly motivating advancement has been the relocation far from which complete head on with food consumers thereby [avoiding](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) a cost spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted [excessive corn](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) consumption on [non-food sources](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving simply to please another person's green qualifications.
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