BA calls for global biofuel takeup
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- Tuesday, 10 August 2010
UK carrier British Airways (BA) already has announced its partnership with operator the Solena Group.
BA head of environment Jonathon Counsell said the airline hopes the launch of a new plant in London will pave the way for similar plants to be built throughout the world.
"Anywhere you have domestic, agricultural or industrial waste, you can build a plant like this," he said.
The new plant will be able to convert 500,000 tonnes of waste destined for landfill into 16 million gallons of 'green' jet fuel a year.
This would be more than twice the amount needed to fuel all of BA's flights at London City Airport.
