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Are Air New Zealand's biofuel hopes just pie in the sky?

Friday 1 Nov 24 11:00am

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By Liz Kivi

Air New Zealand and LanzaJet say a study shows promising results for turning wood waste into jet fuel. However, experts say that making jet fuel from wood at an industrial scale is challenging and extremely unlikely to result in near-term emissions reductions.

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