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New UCLA Program Aims to Reduce Impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel

UCLA has become one of the first universities in the country to establish a program to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from university business-related air travel by assessing a carbon mitigation fee for these flights.

12 Jan 2018

NASA Selects Five Green Technology Ideas to Transform Aviation Industry

Five green technology ideas that could transform the aviation industry in the coming years have been selected by NASA. These ideas could change the aviation industry by minimizing aircraft fuel use and emissions.

8 Aug 2016

Alaska Airlines Operates First Commercial Flights Using Gevo’s Renewable Alcohol-to-Jet Biofuel

Alaska Airlines today operated the first commercial flights using a 20 percent blend of renewable alcohol-to-jet biofuel produced by Gevo, a renewable chemical and biofuel company. The two flights originated in Seattle with destinations of San Francisco and Washington D.C.

9 Jun 2016

Battelle Scientists and Engineers Develop Technique for Transforming Coal into Jet Fuel

Engineers and scientists from Battelle illustrated a technique to convert coal into jet fuel. Their next focus is on commercializing this new technique.

22 Apr 2016

NASA’s Green-Related Technologies Could Save Billions in New Era of Aviation

The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years.

6 Jan 2016

Breakthrough Propulsion Technology to Provide Greener Air Transport

A breakthrough propulsion technology to provide greener air transport could be developed after the underlying engineering was declared a success.

4 Feb 2015

Modern Gas Turbine Systems - New Publication on Fuel Flexible Power Generation

Modern gas turbine power plants represent one of the mostefficient and economic conventional power generation technologiessuitable for large-scale and smaller scale applications.

1 Oct 2013

Qantas, University of Sydney Partner for More Efficient Flying

The University of Sydney has inked a four-year partnership agreement with Qantas for the development of a flight planning system, which will facilitate Qantas to get optimized route profile, enhance operational efficiency and reduce fuel usage.

24 Sep 2012

United Airlines Becomes Member of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group

United Airlines has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), a consortium promoting the development and commercialization of biofuels for the aviation industry. This move shows the commitment of United Airlines towards sustainability and the environment.

20 Aug 2012

NASA Chooses Demonstration of Green Propellant Technology

In a bid to go green by replacing the toxic propellant fuel hydrazine with an environment friendly propellant, NASA has chosen a team with Ball Aerospace & Technologies as a frontrunner to demonstrate a green propellant alternative that does not have an adverse effect on the environment and reduces the cost and complexity of space launches.

16 Aug 2012