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Port of Seattle, Alaska Air, Boeing type Sea-Tac biojet partnership

Plantations International News The Port of Seattle, Alaska Airlines and Boeing are partnering to approach a considerable ecological goal: powering all air travels by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel. Sea-Tac is the first UNITED STATE airport to set out a long-lasting roadmap to include aviation biofuel into its infrastructure in a cost-effective, reliable fashion. At the Sea-Tac gas ranch Dec. 16, executives for the port, Alaska Airlines, and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Comprehending to introduce a $ 250,000 Biofuel Facilities Usefulness Research study that will evaluate costs as well as infrastructure needed to supply a [...]

Neste, Boeing work toward biojet ASTM standard, market acceptance

Plantations International News Renewable diesel producer Neste announced in November that it is working with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to promote and accelerate commercialization of biojet fuel. The companies will work toward ASTM fuel standard approval allowing commercial airline use of high freezing point biojet fuel, along with parallel goals of gaining widespread market acceptance and progressing sustainability accreditation efforts. Neste anticipates that its biojet fuel could help the aviation industry achieve its greenhouse gas (GHG) saving targets, which are carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a net reduction in carbon emissions of 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2005. “Airlines and airplane manufacturers [...]