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Transport by airplane. Airbus and China make a push for alternative fuels

Toulouse, France - Speeding up the commercialisation and production

Airbus and one of the world’s leading academic institutions, Tsinghua University have formed a partnership to complete a sustainability analysis of Chinese feedstocks, and to evaluate how best to support the development of a value chain to speed up the commercialisation of aviation bio-fuels. The value chain aims to produce and to promote the use of aviation bio-fuel in China, the world’s fastest gro...

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Rome, Italy, 08/29/2012 16:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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