In Qatar, Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar Petroleum and Airbus announced theestablishment of the Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform, which will prepare a detailed engineering and implementation plan for economically viable and sustainable biofuel production, a biofuel investment strategy, and an advanced technology development program.
Last October, Qatar Airways successfully conducted the world’s first commercial flight powered by a Gas-to-Liquidfuel blend last October, which proved to be a significant development in the use of alternative fuels.
The group has been advised by Seattle-based US-based Verno Systems Inc., embarked on a very comprehensive and detailed feasibility study on sustainable Biomass-to-Liquid (BTL) jet fuel. QABP will be structured so that it canbe expanded to include additional projects, technologies, investments and partnerships globally, and is focused onshort, medium and long term goals. The partners have not disclosed feedstocks or timing at thispoint, althoughAirbus noted that the QABP is an “Important step to reach carbon neutral growth in the aviation sector by 2020.”
Verno noted that, in order for aviation biofuels to advance in the 2010s, the development of feedstocks, capital, technology and policy are critical factors, but even more key is “an agreed set of sustainability standards.” They added that governments, NGOs, and communities must become comfortable with the sustainability credentials, noting that land-use and genetic modification are just two of the issues that must be broadly agreed in terms of international standards, and validated by the environmental community, in order to assure the viability of aviation biofuels.
Source: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2010/01/11/qatar-airways-airbus-and-qatar-petroleum-announce-aviation-biofuels-development-project/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+biofuelsdigest+%28Biofuels+Digest%29 (January 11, 2010, by Jim Lane)
In-depth insights, as well as first hand information pertaining to “Commercializing BTL Biorefinery Projects for Production of Diesel & Jet Fuels” are just some of the key topics for discussion at BTL & Bio-Based Chemicals, meeting on the 6 & 7 Oct 2010 in Rotterdam. Besides this, the conference will also spotlight on the latest innovation trends associated with BTL technologies
For more information about the conference please contact Ms Reema Patnaik at reema@cmtsp.com.sg or 65 6346 9144.
