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Qantas and Solazyme are developing alternative aircraft biofuel technologies

Canberra, Australia - Top priorities: Commercial feasibility and environmental sustainability

"The costs and environmental impacts associated with traditional jet fuel mean it is imperative that we push hard now for the commercialisation of alternative fuel sources", declared Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce. Qantas is looking for partners in this field, so it has signed a contract with Solazyme, the American renewable energy firm to develop a business case and introduce this...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126017
Rome, Italy, 02/18/2011 17:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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