China, US to turn waste cooking oil into jet fuel  

中美探索用“地沟油”精炼航空油

中国商用飞机有限责任公司与美国波音公司共同出资创建的航空节能减排技术中心16日在北京揭牌。在揭牌仪式上双方宣布，技术中心的首个研究项目将探索使用废弃食用油(在中国被称作“地沟油”)提炼航空生物燃料。

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.