Boeing, Air China plan second biofuels test flight

In China, Boeing, Air China and PetroChina, will perform a second test flight partially powered by locally produced biofuel. Scheduled for the third quarter of 2012, the test is likely to involve a trans-Pacific trip, far longer than the one-hour test flight that was conducted in China last October.

The planned test will use a biofuel produced by PetroChina from locally grown jatropha. Due to China’s large amount of barren land, jatropha is an attractive option for producing biofuel.

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