I-Continental Airlines kwiveki ezayo inokuba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yase-US ukubonisa iijethi zabakhweli zinokubhabha kumxube okhethekileyo we-algae, i-jatropha ukhula kunye ne-jet fuel.
Kwangoko kule veki, i-Air New Zealand iqhube ngempumelelo uvavanyo olufanayo kwaye kamva kule nyanga iJapan Airlines iceba ukuqhuba inqwelomoya yayo yovavanyo lwe-biofuels.
Ithemba lelokuba ukusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwee-biofuels kuya kunciphisa ukuthembela kweshishini lenqwelomoya kumafutha ejethi yemveli kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.
IJatropha sisityalo esingatyiwayo esivelisa imbewu eneoli engama-37 ekhulwini enokutshiswa ibe sisibaso ngaphandle kokucocwa, ngokutsho kweWebhsayithi ethi Jatropha World.
Inqwelomoya yase-Continental iya kwenzeka isuka eHouston ngoLwesithathu kwaye ingakhweli bakhweli. Abaqhubi bovavanyo lwe-Boeing 737-800 abasebenzisa iinjini zeCFM zamazwe ngamazwe baya kuqhuba i-concoction ngeNombolo yesi-2, okanye ekunene injini.
Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baya kuqhuba isantya, ukwehla, ukuvalwa kwe-injini yenqwelomoya kunye nokuqalisa kwakhona kunye nezinye iindlela, zombini kunye nokunye, ngokutsho kwe-Houston-based carrier.
Uvavanyo luyinxalenye yokuzinikela komphathi ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kunye nokuchonga izisombululo ezizinzileyo, zexesha elide zepetroli kwishishini, uLarry Kellner, usihlalo we-Continental kunye ne-CEO, utshilo kwingxelo elungisiweyo.
I-Continental ithe ngoku itshisa malunga neelitha ezili-18 zepetroli ukubhabha umkhweli omnye umgama oziikhilomitha ezili-1,000, nto leyo engaphantsi ngama-35 ekhulwini ngokumalunga nokukhutshwa kwerhasi yobushushu kunoko ngowe-1997.
Umcebisi ngeenqwelomoya uBob Mann weRW Mann & Co. uthe iintlobo ezininzi zemithombo yamafutha zithathelwa ingqalelo ngabathwali boshishino.
“Kodwa ndiyoyika nakuphi na ukurhweba kuyo nayiphi na kwezi nkqubo mhlawumbi ishumi leminyaka kude,” utshilo.
Uvavanyo lwelizwekazi lwenziwa ngokubambisana ne-Boeing, i-GE Aviation, i-CFM yaMazwe ngaMazwe, umphuhlisi wobuchwephesha bokucokisa i-UOP, inkampani ye-Honeywell, kunye nababoneleli be-oyile i-Sapphire Energy kunye ne-Terrasol, ebonelele nge-algae kunye ne-jatropha, ngokulandelelanayo.
I-CFM yindibaniselwano ye-General Electric kunye ne-Snecma.
Indiza yaseJapan Airlines, ecetywayo ngoJan. 30, ibandakanya i-Sustainable Oils, i-joint venture of Targeted Growth kunye nenkampani ese-Houston, iGreen Earth Fuels.
