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SAAFA: Europe

Country

Europe

Date

07/02/2013

Entity

British Airways

Product

Alternative fuels

Summary

British Airways joins the “Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels”initiative.

The Chief Executive Officers of seven leading European companies investing in advanced biofuels have launched in Brussels a new industry led initiative to speed up the deployment of advanced sustainable biofuels in Europe.

The “Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels” initiative is open to:

Technology developers of 2nd generation and advanced biofuels (2AGB) who have already been investing in large scale demonstration scale facilities;
Investors in plants (demo or flagship) of 2nd generation and advanced biofuels.

The initial members are Chemtex, British Airways, BTG, Chemrec, Clariant, DONG Energy and UPM-Kymmene. They are committed in developing and investing in innovative advanced and environmentally sound 2nd generation and advanced biofuels industrial systems bringing the technologies into commercial deployment on a global scale.

The seven partners have defined a common strategy based on four key areas: accelerating research and innovation into emerging biofuel technologies, developing worldwide-accepted sustainability certification, establishing funding structures for sustainable biofuels projects and promoting the benefits of 2GAB.

British Airways is currently engaged with Solena Fuels Corporation in the development of a waste-to-liquid fuel facility to supply London Airport with 50 kt of sustainable low carbon fuel per year.

More on Greenaironline.com

The Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels website