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Comprehensive report on how algae can serve as fuel for the energy hungry world we live in today
Business Wire via Earth Times
A new research report "Analyzing Algae as a Source of Fuel" covers the huge potential of algae to serve as fuel for the energy-hungry world we live in. The report explores the technologies involved in the process of converting algae into biofuel, the advantages and disadvantages of algae, the challenges facing the industry in commercializing this technology and much more. A section on algae and carbon capture along with the scenarios of regulated versus unregulated carbon marketplace is further included in this research report. More
Prague airport agrees to help test electric WheelTug for commercial jetliners
EV World
Prague-Ruzyne airport has become the world's first airport to support development of a new technology enabling aircraft to use on-board electric motors to taxi between terminal gates and runways. The new WheelTug system is expected to reduce aircraft emissions, fuel consumption, and noise at airports, and to improve safety, airlines' schedule reliability, and both airline and customer convenience at airports. More
Geese near JFK airport raise a flap
The Associated Press via Los Angeles Times
A year and a half after Canada geese forced an airliner to splash down in the Hudson River, officials are rounding them up in almost every part of New York City — but flocks are still free to take off around John F. Kennedy International Airport. The wild birds were at the center of a recent government versus government battle. A National Park Service official said that, for now, his agency wouldn't touch the hundreds of birds living in a refuge near JFK's runways. More
Delta, Detroit Metro Airport expand recycling efforts
Environmental Leader
Delta Airlines and Detroit Metro Airport announced they will be expanding their recycling initiatives, according to a press release. The airport will now be providing divided recycling bins in its McNamara Terminal, which serves as Delta's second-largest hub. The new system will accept plastic bottles, metal cans and paper from travelers. The program expands on a similar one that had been implemented at the airport's North Terminal. More
Airlines fret as emission rules in Europe are set to kick in
The New York Times
Aircraft like the Solar Impulse are on the cutting edge of technologies aimed at curbing the amount of greenhouse gases that come from flying. One of the most striking aspects of the experimental airplane is its vast wingspan, which makes it look like a giant insect. But the wingspan provides a huge surface area that can be studded with nearly 12,000 solar cells. More
Britain curbing airport growth to aid climate
The New York Times
In a bold if lonely environmental stand, Britain's coalition government has set out to curb the growth of what has been called "binge flying" by refusing to build new runways around London to accommodate more planes. Citing the high levels of greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, Prime Minister David Cameron, a Conservative, abruptly canceled longstanding plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport in May, just days after his election; he said he would also refuse to approve new runways at Gatwick and Stansted, London's second-string airports. More
Finnair plans to reduce emissions by 41 percent by 2017
Sindh Today News
Nordic carrier Finnair says it plans to reduce aircraft emissions by 41 percent by 2017 through continuing fleet renewals. "Our goal is to reduce emissions between 2009 and 2017 by 24 percent per seat and per 100 kilometers," writes Kati Ihamäki, Finnair's vice president for sustainable development."Between 1999 and 2009 we succeeded in reducing emissions by 22 percent." More
Garbage makes a clean flight of airplanes
WAPA via AVIONEWS
Agreement between British Airways, the U.S. Solena and Italian NextEnergy Capital, a merchant bank specialized in renewable energies. The agreement provides for the exclusive supply — among airlines — to the British carrier to use the new zero-eco-impact bio-fuel for aircraft manufactured by Solena. Propellant to be produced in a plant which will grow in North London (which is the basis of this joint-ventures), from U.K. capital waste. More |
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