Tuesday February 05, 2008

Airbus A380 GTL test flight kicks off alternative fuel program

greencarcongress.com :

On Friday [1 Feb 2008], Airbus launched its alternative fuel research program with the 3-hour flight between Filton, UK and Toulouse, France of an A380 fueled by a Gas to Liquids (GTL) blend. Shell International Petroleum provided the Shell GTL Jet Fuel. This is the first step of a long-term Airbus testing phase to evaluate viable and sustainable alternative fuels for the future.

GTL synthetic jet fuels are currently being developed to meet international standards required for use in aviation under the auspices of the industry-wide Commercial Alternative Aviation Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) of which Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Shell are all members. Virgin Atlantic is also planning an alternative fuel test - this one with a biofuel - in one of its Boeing 747s for a London to Amsterdam flight this month.

- What are these but increasingly desperate measures in an increasingly desperate world.

See also :

1. Virgin Atlantic to fly a 747 plane on biofuel
2. Virgin plans to fly 747 on biofuel in 2008
3. Virgin Fuel : Branson's next big bet
4. Starving the people to feed the cars (and planes, and ships, and trains)

(2008-02-05 00:43:17 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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