The News - British Airways and Solena group have announced partnership where Solena group will set up the factory, that will turn 500,000 tonnes of landfill waste – including household and industrial rubbish – into 16 million gallons of carbon-neutral aviation fuel every year. 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.The Good - The proposed solution will solve the problem of household and industrial rubbish and finding landfill sites for them. Second it will cut down Carbon emissions from the usage of Jet fuel.
The Bad - The plant is still 4 years away and should not end up using biomass crops
Read more her - http://cleantech.com/news/5633/british-airways-looks-power-fleet
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net
No comments:
Post a Comment