Air New Zealand, Boeing and Rolls-Royce will use biofuel made from the oil of jatropha plants on a commercial airline demonstration flight in December.
The 'green' jet fuel will be mixed 50/50 with Jet A1 kerosene jet fuel and will power one of the Boeing 747-400's Rolls-Royce engines.
The technology used to convert the jatropha plant oil…
Greenbang must have been having a quick snooze when Rolls Royce was talking up its latest renewables investment this month. It's still an interesting deal - not to mention a chance to fall back on some lazy 'it's the Rolls Royce of energy deals!' puns - so Greenbang feels obliged to share it with you…