Jatropha, algae, camelina and halophytes are the feedstocks of choice for aviation: Boeing

In Washington, Boeing Commercial Airplanes MD-Environmental Strategy Billy Glover testified to a House of Reprepresentatives panel investigating the potential of biofuels that Boeing has indentified jatropha, camelina and halophytes “in the near term” as strong candidates for aviation biofuels and has targeted algae as a feedstock “in the longer term”, according to a report from Air Transport World.

Babassu palm oil and coconut oil have also been successfully tested in aviation with the successful Virgin Airlines test in early 2008, but were not mentioned in the Boeing remarks, possibly die to food-vs-fuel or deforestation issues surrounding the feedstocks. Halophytes have not yet been flight tested, but salicornia is expected to be the next candidate feedstock tested.

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