BA fuels green revolution

BRITISH AIRWAYS, in partnership with the Solena Group, is to establish Europe’s first sustainable jet-fuel plant and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power its Embraer fleet based at London City Airport from 2014.  The new fuel will be derived from waste biomass and manufactured in a state-of-the-art facility that can convert a variety of waste materials, destined for landfill, into aviation fuel.  A self-contained plant, likely to be sited in East London, will convert 500,000 tonnes of waste per year into 16m gallons of green jet fuel through a process that offers lifecycle greenhouse gas savings of up to 95% compared to fossil-fuel derived jet kerosene.  This volume of fuel would be more than twice the amount required to fuel all British Airways’ flights at the airport.  According to BA the fuel’s reduction in carbon emissions would be the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the road per year. www.solenagroup.com www.ba.com

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