Iberia and Repsol stage Spain’s first commercial flight using bio-fuel

Iberia and Repsol today staged Spain’s first commercial flight powered by bio-fuel. An Iberia Airbus A320 flying from Madrid to Barcelona burned some 670 gallons of a mixture of conventional A-1 jet fuel and bio-fuel derived from the camelina sativa … Continue reading

Aviation Biofuels Update: Technology is proven but Airlines and EU clash over policy

An inflection point has emerged as the aviation industry, the bio-economy, and politics converge (or crash) on climate change solutions. One of the most rapidly developing sectors of the bio-economy is aviation fuels. Several high-profile test runs (using a mix of … Continue reading

SG Biofuels joins JETBIO, to accelerate Brazilian Jatropha-based Biojet

Aviation Biofuels news (again), this time in Brazil. I don’t know if Brazil has a Paul Hogan equivalent so no movie quotes (Paulo Hogan?). SG Biofuels (SGB) has announced that it is teaming up with JETBIO to produce jatropha to … Continue reading