I-Air New Zealand ihlola ijethi nge-biofuel

E-WELLINGTON, eNew Zealand - Indiza yabagibeli enikezwe ingxenye ngamafutha emifino iqede ngempumelelo uhambo lwamahora amabili ngoLwesibili ukuze ihlole i-biofuel engase yehlise ukungcola kwendiza futhi yehlise nezindleko, kusho i-Air New Zealand.

Injini eyodwa yendiza i-Boeing 747-400 inikwe amandla yinhlanganisela kawoyela engu-50-50 evela ezitshalweni ze-jatropha kanye nophethiloli wejethi we-A1 ojwayelekile.

Kulo nyaka kube nomfutho ongakaze ubonwe ezinkampanini zezindiza zokuthola uphethiloli ongakaze ubonwe, ezashaywa ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamanani entengo kawoyela ngasekuqaleni kuka-2008 futhi manje sezibheke ukwehla kohambo lwezindiza ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho womhlaba.

Nakuba i-Air New Zealand ingakwazi ukusho ukuthi le nhlanganisela izobiza yini uma iqhathaniswa nophethiloli wejethi ojwayelekile njengoba i-jatropha ingakakakhiqizi ngokwezinga lezentengiso, inkampani ilindele ukuthi le nhlanganisela “ikwazi ukuncintisana nezindleko,” ngokusho komkhulumeli wenkampani uTracy Mills.

Ama-biofuels ake abhekwa njengento engenakwenzeka ezindizeni ngenxa yokuthi iningi liba yiqhwa emazingeni okushisa aphansi okuhlangatshezwana naso ezindaweni ezihamba ngomkhumbi. Kodwa ukuhlola kubonisa i-jatropha, imbewu yayo ekhiqiza uwoyela osevele usetshenziselwe ukukhiqiza amafutha afana ne-biodiesel, inephuzu lokuqandisa eliphansi ngisho nangaphezulu kune-jet fuel.

Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Air New Zealand, uRob Fyfe, sibize le ndiza ngokuthi “ingqopha-mlando enkampanini yezindiza nezamabhanoyi ezentengiselwano.”

"Namuhla simi ezinyathelweni zakuqala zokuthuthukiswa kukaphethiloli okusimeme kanye nesikhathi esibalulekile emlandweni wezindiza," esho ngemva nje kwendiza. Inhloso yale nkampani ukuthi ibe inkampani yezindiza egcina imvelo emhlabeni wonke.

Indiza ibe ngeyokuqala ukusebenzisa i-jatropha njengengxenye yengxube ye-biofuel.

NgoFebhuwari, i-Boeing kanye ne-Virgin Atlantic benza indiza yokuhlola efanayo ehlanganisa ingxube ye-biofuel kawoyela wesundu namafutha kakhukhunathi - kodwa yachithwa njengento edabukisayo yizazi zezemvelo ezathi uphethiloli awukwazi ukukhiqizwa ngenani elidingekayo ukuze kusetshenziswe izindiza zezentengiselwano.

Ama-biofuel akhipha ikhabhoni eningi njengophethiloli wejethi osuselwa kuphalafini, kodwa i-jatropha - isitshalo saseMexico esikhula endaweni efudumele - imunca cishe ingxenye yekhabhoni ekhishwa kugesi we-jatropha. Inhlanganisela ehlongozwayo ye-Air New Zealand, isibonelo, ingasho ukwehliswa ngekota eyodwa ku-carbon footprint kaphethiloli wejethi ojwayelekile.

Ama-biofuel amaningi - afana ne-ethanol, ekhiqizwa ngommbila - asolwe ngokunyusa intengo yokudla ngokukuphambukisa ematafuleni asekhishini kuya ezinjinini. Nakuba ukuhlobana phakathi kwamanani kaphethiloli kanye nezintengo zokusanhlamvu kusaphikiswana, uMills uthe izitshalo ze-jatropha ngeke ziqhudelane nokudla noma ezinye izitshalo zentengiso njengoba zingakhula endaweni engenza umhlaba wokulima ube mpofu futhi udinga amanzi amancane.

“I-Ethanol iyisizukulwane sokuqala se-biofuel; i-jatropha i-biofuel yesizukulwane sesibili engaqhudelani nomhlaba nokukhiqizwa kokudla,” kusho uMills.

Indiza yokuhlola ephuma esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Auckland International ihlanganise nokusuka kwamandla agcwele nokuhamba ngesikebhe ukuya kumafithi angu-35,000 (amamitha angu-10,600), lapho abasebenzi basetha khona izilawuli ezine zezinjini ukuze bahlole ukusebenza okufanayo kokusebenza phakathi kwenjini enamandla kagesi kanye nalabo abasebenzisa uphethiloli wejethi. . Abashayeli bezindiza baphinde bacisha iphampu kaphethiloli yenjini ye-biofuel ebangeni elingamamitha angu-25,000 7,600 (amamitha angu-XNUMX XNUMX) “ukuze ihlole ukuthambisa kukaphethiloli,” beqinisekisa ukuthi ukungqubuzana kwayo epayipini akubambezeli ukugeleza kwayo enjinini.

UCaptain David Morgan, umshayeli omkhulu wendiza owayegibele endizeni, uthe imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwendiza izonikeza inkampani nozakwethu imininingwane ebalulekile yokusiza i-jatropha ibe uphethiloli wendiza oqinisekisiwe.

Amasheke "aklanyelwe ukuhlola i-biofuel ngokugcwele," kusho uMorgan.

Ngenkathi inkampani yezindiza imemezele ukuthi uhambo lwendiza luyimpumelelo, i-Air New Zealand Group Manager u-Ed Sims uxwayise ngokuthi kuzoba okungenani u-2013 ngaphambi kokuba inkampani iqinisekise ukufinyelela okulula kumanani amakhulu e-jatropha ezoyidinga ukusebenzisa i-biofuel kuzo zonke izindiza zayo.

"Kusobala ukuthi sisekude kakhulu ekutholeni amanani kaphethiloli angakwazi ukudayiswa bese sikwazi ukuhambisa lelo nani likaphethiloli emhlabeni wonke ukuze sikwazi ukunika amandla izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni kusasele iminyaka ethile," kusho uSims. Umsakazo Kazwelonke waseNew Zealand.

Inkampani ithenge imbewu emasimini aseMpumalanga Afrika nase-India engafinyelela kumahektha ayi-309,000 (amahektha ayi-125,000).

Le nkampani inethemba lokuthi ngo-2013, amaphesenti angu-10 ezindiza zayo azobe esenikwe amandla, okungenani ngokwengxenye, ngama-biofuels, kusho uMills. Iningi lalabo abasebenzisa le nhlanganisela kungaba yizinsiza zasekhaya ezidonsa kanzima.

USimon Boxer, wenhlangano yezemvelo iGreenpeace New Zealand, uthe akunakugwemeka ukuthi izindiza zizokhombisa intshisekelo enkulu kuma-biofuel esimeme njengoba abahambi beqaphela kakhulu umonakalo odalwa ukuhamba ngendiza emvelweni.

Kodwa uthe akucaci ukuthi i-jatropha iyasimama ngempela yini. Ubuze ukuthi ungaba yini umthelela kwezemvelo uma i-jatropha ikhula idume futhi kudingeka umhlaba omningi nezinsiza ukuze ikhiqize ngezinga lezohwebo.

Indiza ibihlangene ngabakwa-Air New Zealand, abakhi bezindiza i-Boeing, umenzi wezinjini uRolls Royce kanye nochwepheshe we-biofuel, u-UOP Llc, uphiko lwe-Honeywell International.

Indiza, ebihlelelwe ukuthi ibe ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, yahlehliswa ngemuva kokuthi i-Air New Zealand A320 Airbus iphahlazeke ePerpignan ogwini oluseningizimu yeFrance ngoNovemba 27, kwashona bonke abayisikhombisa ababekuyo.