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February 16, 2010
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Each month ATW's Eco-Aviation Today brings you the latest environmental news and trends affecting the world’s airlines and tell you how the air transport industry is working to reduce its impact on the planet. Do you have friends or colleagues who might find this information useful? If so, please forward this newsletter along to them or click here to sign them up.
BA to establish biofuel plant for fuel needs British Airways in partnership with Washington-based Solena Group said it plans to establish "Europe's first sustainable jet-fuel plant" and will use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. The fuel will be derived from waste biomass. [MORE] Oil production could peak by 2020, report claims Market Intel Group LLC has produced a new report supporting the warning by Fatih Birol, the International Energy Agency's chief economist, in the Dec. 18, 2009, issue of The Economist that oil production will peak in 2020 if a "business as usual" approach continues and no new discoveries are made. [MORE]
ATM gains offer fastest path to greener future Efficiency gains in air traffic management offer the quickest route to cutting aviation CO2 emissions, a report from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University has found. According to the report, biofuels and technology improvements will boost efficiency significantly in the long term, but neither will have the global impact that improved flight management could achieve in the shorter term. [MORE] Biofuel could power industry by 2037 Commercial transport aircraft could be 100% powered by biofuels by 2037 in a best-case scenario, according to a new report by E4tech. [MORE]
Eco-Aviation Conference takes shape Third Annual Eco-Aviation Conference will take place June 22-24 in Washington at the Marriott Metro Center. [MORE] Other News Airports Council International's Airport Carbon Accreditation continues to attract participants Pratt & Whitney used this month's Singapore Airshow to tout the PW1000G's impressive green credentials. UK Dept. of Energy and Climate Change determined that the nation's greenhouse gas emissions declined Singapore's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences signed a 12-month agreement Pratt & Whitney reached a five-year agreement FMG,released its first sustainability report. Changi Airport Group and IATA launched an Environment Exhibition [MORE] |
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