A China Eastern (MU) passenger plane powered by so-called “gutter oil” took off at 5:43 AM, Wednesday from Shanghai’s Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), making it the first gutter oil fuelled flight in China, Eastday.com reported.
The Airbus A320 undertook a 90-minute test-flight during which it was powered entirely by biofuel refined from gutter oil and palm oil.
The plane completed all programmed tests before landing safely. All data acquired during the flight will be used in further research.
Experts from Sinopec, China’s second largest oil giant said that gutter oil, made from discarded animal parts and vegetable grease, agricultural and forestry wastes, and algae oil could all be refined into biofuel.
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