Boeing, CSIRO partner for aviation biofuels feedstock R&D

In Australia, Boeing has teamed with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for a year-long study to evaluate growing potential feedstocks for renewable jetfuel in northern Queensland. Crops the study will explore include grasses and fast growing trees.

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