JAPAN’S ENTHUSIASM FOR AVIATION BIOFUELS BLUNTED BY FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY DIFFICULTIES
January 1st, 2011
BY JULIAN RYALL
THE GOVERNMENT and private sector in Japan are amongst the strongest supporters of environment-friendly technologies and initiatives, and this include the civil aviation industry. In January 2009, a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 747-400 was one of the first in the world to carry out a successful test flight using a biofuel made primarily out of non-food energy crop camelina - yet the country lags behind in the development of biofuels and, consequently, discussions on the large-scale introduction of green fuels and what that will mean for Japan's ...
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