British Airways to fly jets on green fuel made from London's rubbish by 2014

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/british-airways-to-fly-jets-on-green-fuel-made-from-londons-rubbish-by-2014-1900732.html

British Airways to fly jets on green fuel made from London's rubbish by 2014

BA will buy output from East End biofuel factory planned by US-based Solena

By Sarah Arnott
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

British Airways and the US bioenergy company Solena are to establish Europe's first green jet fuel plant in the East End of London.

When it is up and running in 2014, the factory will turn 500,000 tonnes of landfill waste – including household and industrial rubbish – into 16 million gallons of carbon-neutral aviation fuel every year.

It will produce enough fuel to power all of BA's flights from nearby City Airport twice over. And with 95 per cent fewer emissions than traditional kerosene, the plan will be equivalent to taking 48,000 cars off the roads.

There are four sites under consideration for the plant, which will be built and run by Washington DC-based Solena, with BA guaranteed to buy all of its output. It will employ up to 1,200 people. Alongside the reduction in carbon from the jet fuel itself, it will also cut the methane produced from landfill and generate 20 megawatts of electricity per year as a byproduct.

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1. Thank you, Richard Branson

Environmental awareness is contagious, and profitable.

[amborin]

2. yes, but so are Branson's

union-busting tactics

sad to say, but Virgin operates in the U.S. market with some ridiculously low fares. It's difficult for the unionized legacy carriers to compete against them without adopting a labor- and passenger-unfriendly business model.

I think it was also Branson who fired an experienced captain because this individual tried to start organizing discussions.

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3. Did not know, thanks for info. nt

[Boudica the Lyoness]

4. What a load of bloody rubbish!

:)