Hiki i ka Continental Airlines ka pule aʻe ke lilo i mokulele ʻo US mua loa e hōʻike i nā mokulele ohua i hiki ke lele i kahi hui kuikawa o nā limu, ka weuweu jatropha a me ka wahie jet.
Ma mua o kēia hebedoma, ua hana kūleʻa ʻo Air New Zealand i kahi hoʻokolohua like a ma hope o kēia mahina ʻo Japan Airlines e hoʻolālā e hana i kāna lele hoʻokolohua biofuels ponoʻī.
ʻO ka manaʻolana ka hoʻohana ākea o nā biofuels e hōʻemi i ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻoihana mokulele i ka wahie kuʻuna kuʻuna a hōʻemi i nā hoʻoiho o ke kalapona.
ʻO Jatropha kahi mea kanu nonedible e hua ana i nā ʻanoʻano me kahi aila o 37 pākēneka i hiki ke puhi ʻia me he wahie me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻole ʻia, e like me ka Pūnaewele ʻo Jatropha World.
E holo ka mokulele Continental mai Houston mai i ka Pōʻakolu a lawe ʻole i nā ohua. ʻO nā pailaka hoʻokolohua o ka Boeing 737-800 e hoʻohana ana i nā ʻenekini CFM International e holo i ka concoction ma o ka No. 2, a i ʻole ka ʻenekini ʻākau.
E alakaʻi nā pailaka i ka wikiwiki, hoʻoneʻe, hoʻopau ʻana o ka ʻenekini lele a hoʻomaka hou a me nā maneuvers ʻē aʻe, maʻamau a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me ka lawe ʻana ma Houston.
ʻO ka hoʻokolohua kahi ʻāpana o ka lawe a ka mea lawe e hoʻēmi ai i nā hoʻoiho ʻana o ke kalapona a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hopena wahie lōʻihi lōʻihi no ka ʻoihana, ʻo Larry Kellner, ka luna hoʻomalu a me CEO ʻo Continental, i ʻōlelo ʻia i kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻomākaukau ʻia.
ʻ saidlelo ʻo Continental ua kuni ʻia ma kahi o 18 mau galani o ka wahie e lele i hoʻokahi ohua nā mile he 1,000, ʻo ia ka 35 pākēneka i ʻoi aku ma ka ʻōlelo o nā kinoea hoʻomehana honua ma mua o 1997.
ʻO ka luna aʻoaʻo mokulele ʻo Bob Mann o RW Mann & Co. i ʻōlelo he nui nā ʻano kumuwaiwai e noʻonoʻo ʻia e nā mea lawe ʻoihana.
"Akā makaʻu wau i ka hoʻolilo ʻia ʻana o kekahi o kēia mau kaʻina hana he mau makahiki he XNUMX paha," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Hana ʻia ka hoʻokolohua Continental me Boeing, GE Aviation, CFM International, hoʻomohala ʻenehana hoʻomohala UOP, kahi hui ʻo Honeywell, a me nā mea hoʻolako i ka aila ʻo Sapphire Energy a me Terrasol, nāna i hāʻawi i ka limu a me ka jatropha.
He hui pū ʻo CFM o General Electric a me Snecma.
ʻO ka lele ʻana ʻo Japan Airlines, i hoʻolālā ʻia no Ianuali 30, e pili ana iā Sustainable Aila, kahi hui pū ʻia o Targeted Growth a me kahi ʻoihana i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Houston, Green Earth Fuels.
