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UPS ORION

How UPS, DHL Drive Emissions Cuts, Efficiency Improvements in Transportation and Logistics

Transportation is a major source of carbon pollution, accounting for about 24 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2015. This means that for the US and other nations to meet their commitments under the Paris climate agreement, transportation emissions must be reduced. Looking specifically at road transportation emissions, analysis ... Read more »
airplane

Commercial-Scale Renewable Jet Fuel Produced Using Honeywell UOP Technology

Honeywell UOP says its technology is being used to produce commercial-scale amounts of renewable jet and diesel fuels. AltAir Paramount is using Honeywell UOP’s renewable jet fuel process technology to convert a variety of sustainable feedstocks into Honeywell Green Jet Fuel at the world’s first dedicated commercial-scale renewable jet fuel ... Read more »
Denver

Panasonic Provides Smart City Technologies to Denver

Panasonic has formed a smart city partnership with Denver, Colorado, and a number of local private entities that aims to improve energy efficiency, water management and other public services. Panasonic says the partnership with use the company’s CityNOW smart city technology to make Denver a more sustainable city. The application ... Read more »
Alaska Airlines biofuel

Partnership to Reduce Aviation Emissions Takes Off at Sea-Tac

The Port of Seattle, Alaska Airlines and Boeing are partnering to reduce aviation emissions by powering all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel. Sea-Tac is the first US airport to lay out a long-term roadmap to incorporate aviation biofuel into its infrastructure. The partnering ... Read more »
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Honeywell Tech Can Help Aviation Industry Halve CO2 Emissions

Two Honeywell Aerospace technologies — the SmartPath Ground-Based Augmentation System and the EGTS electric taxiing system — have been recognized by the Air Transport Action Group as solutions that can help support the aviation industry’s goal to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050 against a 2005 baseline. Honeywell’s SmartPath ... Read more »

Boeing Biofuel ‘Roadmap’ to 2020 Olympics Takes Flight

Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels — a consortium of 46 organizations including Boeing, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Japan’s ... Read more »
Greener Skies

Boeing Procedures Help Alaska Airline Improve Efficiency, Cut Fuel Consumption

Alaska Airlines says it is on track to save 87 gallons of fuel, shorten flight times by about nine minutes and reduce carbon emissions by nearly 1 metric ton, every time one of its planes land at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport using new, operations-enhancing Federal Aviation Administration procedures designed by Boeing. ... Read more »
Fulcrum United partnership

United Airlines Invests $30M in Biofuel Firm

United Airlines yesterday announced a $30 million equity investment in US-based alternative fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, which turns municipal solid waste into low-cost sustainable aviation biofuel. United says this is the single largest investment by a US airline in alternative fuels. In addition to the equity investment, United and Fulcrum ... Read more »
Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic’s Carbon Down, Profits Up

Virgin Atlantic’s greenhouse gas emissions have dropped 12 percent since 2007, according to the company’s 2015 “Change is in the Air” sustainability report. In 2014, Virgin Atlantic operated more flights and carried more people than any year since 2007 while it’s absolute carbon footprint was down 12 percent since this ... Read more »
Boeing ecoDemonstrator

Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 Expands Environmental Technologies Testing

Boeing has announced the next phase in ecoDemonstrator 757 testing, including the first flight with US-made “green diesel” and two new environment-related technologies. Among more than 15 technologies on the 757, Boeing has begun testing solar and thermal energy harvesting to power electronic windows, as a way to reduce wiring, ... Read more »

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