Boeing 787 Dreamliner emits 30% less CO2 flying on sustainable biofuels

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner emits 30% less CO2 flying on sustainable biofuels

Greentech
Lead America
: Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced a 787 Dreamliner
has flown for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels.

The 787 flew
with biofuel made mainly from used cooking oil and emitted an estimated 30
percent less CO2 emissions than similarly-sized airplanes.

About 10
percent of the reduction in greenhouse gasses can be attributed to the use of
biofuel and approximately 20 percent to the technology and efficiency
advancements offered by the Dreamliner.

“The 787
is the most environmentally progressive jetliner flying today, combining fuel
efficiency and comfort with reduced carbon emissions,” said Billy Glover,
Commercial Airplanes Vice President of Environment and Aviation Policy.

The delivery
flight between Boeing’s Delivery Center in Everett, Wash. and Tokyo Haneda
Airport is also the first ever transpacific biofuel flight.

Porter
Airlines to use Bombardier airliners to conduct biofuel-powered revenue flight

Porter
Airlines also plans to use its Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners to conduct
the first biofuel-powered revenue flight in Canada.

The Boeing
787 Dreamliner is the first mid-size airplane capable of flying long-range
routes and will allow airlines to open new, non-stop routes preferred by the
traveling public.

“Our
historic flight using sustainable biofuels across the Pacific Ocean highlights
how innovative technology can be used to support our industry’s goal of
carbon-neutral growth beyond 2020,” said Osamu Shinobe, senior executive
vice president, ANA.

Neste Oil
and Lufthansa complete renewable aviation fuel trial

In another
recent development, Neste Oil and Lufthansa tested Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable
aviation fuel on 1,187 flights between Frankfurt and Hamburg last year and one
intercontinental flight between Frankfurt and Washington D.C. this year.

editor@greentechlead.com

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