Continental Airlines sabata yamawa ikhoza kukhala ndege yoyamba yaku US kuwonetsa ndege zonyamula anthu zimatha kuwuluka pamtundu wapadera wa algae, udzu wa jatropha ndi mafuta a jet.
Kumayambiriro kwa sabata ino, Air New Zealand idachita bwino kuyesa kofananako ndipo pambuyo pake mwezi uno Japan Airlines ikukonzekera kuyendetsa ndege yake yoyesa mafuta a biofuel.
Chiyembekezo nchakuti kugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri mafuta a biofuel kumachepetsa kudalira kwamakampani opanga ndege pamafuta amtundu wa jet ndikuchepetsa kutulutsa mpweya.
Jatropha ndi chomera chosadyedwa chomwe chimapanga njere zomwe zili ndi mafuta okwana 37 peresenti omwe amatha kuwotchedwa ngati mafuta osayengedwa, malinga ndi Webusaiti ya Jatropha World.
Ndege ya Continental ichitika kuchokera ku Houston Lachitatu ndipo sikudzanyamula anthu. Oyendetsa ndege oyesa a Boeing 737-800 pogwiritsa ntchito injini za CFM International adzayendetsa concoction kudzera mu No. 2, kapena injini yakumanja.
Oyendetsa ndege aziyendetsa mathamangitsidwe, kutsika, kuyimitsa injini ndikuyambiranso ndi zina zoyendetsa, zachilendo komanso zina, malinga ndi chonyamulira cha Houston.
Kuyesera ndi gawo la kudzipereka kwa wothandizira kuchepetsa mpweya wa carbon ndi kuzindikira njira zokhazikika, zothetsera mafuta kwa nthawi yayitali pamakampani, Larry Kellner, wapampando wa Continental ndi CEO, adatero m'mawu okonzekera.
Continental idati tsopano ikuwotcha pafupifupi magaloni 18 amafuta kuti awuluke munthu m'modzi mtunda wa mamailo 1,000, zomwe ndi zocheperapo ndi 35 peresenti potengera kutulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha kuposa mu 1997.
Katswiri wa zandege Bob Mann wa R.W. Mann & Co. anati mitundu ingapo ya magwero amafuta akuganiziridwa ndi onyamula makampani.
"Koma ndikuwopa kuti malonda aliwonse mwazinthu izi atha zaka khumi," adatero.
Kuyesera kwa Continental kukuchitika molumikizana ndi Boeing, GE Aviation, CFM International, wopanga ukadaulo woyenga UOP, kampani ya Honeywell, ndi opereka mafuta a Sapphire Energy ndi Terrasol, omwe adapereka algae ndi jatropha, motsatana.
CFM ndi mgwirizano wa General Electric ndi Snecma.
Ndege ya Japan Airlines, yokonzekera Jan. 30, ikuphatikizapo Sustainable Oils, mgwirizano wa Targeted Growth ndi kampani ya Houston, Green Earth Fuels.
