Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be [explained](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at business aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil aviation industry under [increasing pressure](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) from [rising oil](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to [discover viable](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) alternatives to [traditional kerosene](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and these up until now appear to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) usage in 2008. This was [rapidly](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) production. It is resistant to dry spell and insects, and [produces seeds](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research and advancement into making use of biofuels to [power jet](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical consultants for the project.<br>
+<br>The current airline company to  with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted [internal](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from [cooking oil](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html). This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really motivating advancement has actually been the relocation away from biofuels which contend head on with food consumers thereby avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long back, a rise in usage of biofuels in cars caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and algae. It would be a combined blessing undoubtedly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy someone else's green qualifications.<br>