CHINA PUSHES AHEAD WITH BIO-BASED AVIATION FUEL PRODUCTION, BUT COMMERCIALISATION SOME WAY OFF
June 1st, 2013
China in April successfully conducted a maiden test flight of the first aviation biofuel entirely processed on its shores, joining the US, Finland and France as only the fourth country in the world to independently research and develop a bio-jet fuel production technology. The flight is significant not only because it represents a landmark step for China, but also because it is the first commercial test of a palm oil-based biofuel anywhere in the world.Flying out of Shanghai’s Hongqiao International Airport, a China Eastern Airlines owned and operated Airbus ...
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