China, US to turn waste cooking oil into jet fuel  

中美探索用“地溝油”精煉航空油

中國商用飛機有限責任公司與美國波音公司共同出資創建的航空節能減排技術中心16日在北京揭牌。在揭牌儀式上雙方宣布，技術中心的首個研究項目將探索使用廢棄食用油(在中國被稱作“地溝油”)提煉航空生物燃料。

Beijing (CNS) -- The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and the Boeing Company opened the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Technology Center on Thursday.

Its first project will be to refine waste cooking oil, often described in China as "gutter oil," into sustainable aviation biofuel.

According to COMAC, waste cooking oil shows potential as an alternative to petroleum-based fuel, since China annually consumes approximately 29 million tons of cooking oil, while its aviation system uses 20 million tons of jet fuel.

Shi Jianzhong, vice president of COMAC, said the collaboration with Boeing will accelerate the global push for renewable jet fuels and support commercial aviation industry growth.