Aviation Companies to Explore Use of Biofuels from Waste
May 15, 2013Press release: http://www.biofuelnet.ca/news-and-events/news-2/
News article: http://www.waste-management-world.com/articles/2013/05/airbus---air-canada-explore-waste-based-aviation-biofuels.html
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Air Canada and Airbus have signed an agreement with the non-profit BioFuelNet Canada to help them find the most sustainable biofuels for aviation and explore the potential of biofuels made from waste feedstocks.
Airbus and Air Canada are part of a broad coalition that has pledged carbon neutral growth from 2020 and to reduce greenhouse emissions by 50 percent by 2050. BioFuelNet, a group hosted by Montreal's McGill University, brings together biofuels researchers in Canada, as well as partners from the industry and the government, in order to accelerate research, development, and commercialisation of advanced biofuels. BioFuelNet Canada focuses its research into non-food biomass based biofuels.
Under the agreement, BioFuelNet will conduct research on diverse raw materials, such as municipal solid waste and agricultural and forestry waste, as well as a range of conversion processes available for biofuel production. The ultimate goal is to determine which advanced biofuels are the most sustainable for aviation.
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