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Airbus Using Bees to Monitor Environmental Footprint

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Airbus is using bees to help analyze the environmental footprint of its operations at Finkenwerder Airport in Hamburg, Germany, by keeping them on-site and analyzing their honey, according to the company. The bees collect pollen and nectar from plants across an approximately 12-square-kilometer area around the airport. The honey that ... Read more »

UPS Announces New Sustainability Goals For 2020

July 31, 2014July 30, 2014 by Ken Jennison

According to a report released by UPS, the company has already met its goal of reducing its air and ground fleet’s carbon intensity by 10 percent, prompting the company to set a new goal of 20 percent reduction in carbon intensity from transportation by 2020. The increases are calculated against ... Read more »

United Airlines Offers Cargo Customers Emissions Reporting

July 23, 2014July 22, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

United Airlines has launched a business tool for corporate cargo customers to track and offset the emissions associated with their air freight accounts. Using CarbonChoice, cargo customers with large-scale, regular shipments on United can receive customized emissions reports with options to offset their company’s carbon footprint through the airline’s partner, ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: VW, Navistar, SpiceJet, Zenith, Avolon, Boeing

July 17, 2014July 16, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Volkswagen of America has announced providers of charging services for its e-Golf models. Bosch Automotive Service Solutions will be the charging station (pictured) and installation services partner for the e-Golf and ChargePoint will provide VW branded stations to all e-Golf dealerships and access to the largest network of public EV charging ... Read more »

Southwest Airlines Launches Upcycling Project

July 15, 2014July 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Southwest Airlines has launched an upcycling initiative to transform 43 acres of used leather seat coverings into new products. The LUV Seat: Repurpose with Purpose sustainability program will also benefit communities by providing employment, skills training and donated products, the airline says. Southwest developed the recycling initiative following its Evolve program, ... Read more »

First-Ever Aluminum Fan Blade for Jet Engines

July 15, 2014July 14, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Alcoa will supply parts for Pratt & Whitney’s jet engines, including the forging for the first-ever aluminum fan blade for jet engines, under a 10-year, $1.1 billion deal. The aluminum fan blade will make the engine lighter, as well as more fuel and cost efficient, Alcoa says. The forging was ... Read more »

Amyris Biofuel to Power GOL International Flights

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Amyris has partnered with Brazilian airline GOL to begin the first commercial route with farnesane, a renewable jet fuel that was approved for use last month. GOL has committed to fly its Boeing 737 fleet with up to a 10 percent blend of the biofuel on its US to Brazil ... Read more »

Petrixo Selects Honeywell’s UOP Green Fuels

July 10, 2014July 9, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UOP, a Honeywell company, says its green fuels process technology has been selected by Petrixo Oil & Gas to produce renewable jet fuel and renewable diesel at a refinery to be built in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Petrixo will use UOP Renewable Jet Fuel process technology to process about 500,000 ... Read more »

Denver Airport Plans Air Quality Improvements

June 27, 2014June 26, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Denver International Airport expects to prevent more than 92 tons of carbon monoxide emissions from entering the air thanks to a $442,500 grant by the Federal Aviation Administration. The grant, intended to reduce emissions and improve air quality at the airport, is administered through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission ... Read more »

Honeywell Green Fuel Powers World Cup Flights

June 17, 2014June 16, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Honeywell Green Jet Fuel produced from UOP’s renewable jet fuel process will power 200 commercial flights on GOL Airlines during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the company says. The Honeywell Green Jet Fuel was made from inedible corn oil and used cooking oil. Each flight will use a blend ... Read more »

United Airlines Wins Sustainability Award

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

United Airlines has won a Sustainability Outstanding Achievement Award as a travel supplier by the GBTA Foundation and Project Icarus. The GBTA Foundation is the education and research foundation of the Global Business Travel Association. Project Icarus is a GBTA Foundation corporate sustainability initiative. United’s environmental initiatives include: United’s InCycle ... Read more »

Joule Sustainable Fuels Achieves ASTM Compliance

May 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Joule’s Sunflow-D and Sunflow-J CO2-neutral fuels meet the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) for diesel and jet fuel, respectively. Demonstrating ASTM compliance marks another step toward commercial readiness of CO2-derived hydrocarbon fuels, the company says. ASTM test regimes address a number of fuel requirements, such ... Read more »

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