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With production capacity of 800 million gallons
(3 billion liters) in the U.S., Europe and Asia,
green diesel could rapidly supply as much as 1
percent of global jet fuel demand. With a
wholesale cost of about $3 per gallon, inclusive
of U.S. government
incentives, green diesel approaches price parity
with petroleum jet fuel.
"The airplane performed as designed with the
green diesel blend, just as it does with
conventional jet fuel," said Capt. Mike Carriker,
Chief Pilot, Product Development and 777X,
Boeing Test and Evaluation. "This is exactly
what we want to see in flight tests with a new
type of fuel."
Green diesel is among more than 25 new
technologies being tested by Boeing's
ecoDemonstrator Program aboard 787 Dreamliner
ZA004. The program accelerates the testing,
refinement, and use of new technologies and
methods that can improve aviation's
environmental performance.
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