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Delta Air Lines is funding a study to see if twigs, branches and other wood debris can create jet fuel to help fly its West Coast planes.
The airline invested $2 million to partner with Northwest Advanced Bio-fuels LLC to study the feasibility of a bio-fuel production facility in Washington that could create fuel out of forest debris, the company said. Delta is about one-fifth of the way towards its goal of cutting carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050.
“This single project could provide approximately 10 percent of Delta’s annual jet fuel consumption in the West Coast region and, if successful, could become the blueprint for future projects,†said Graeme Burnett, Delta’s Senior Vice President — Fuel Management.