PLA Air Force promotes research on coal-based jet fuels

The signing ceremony of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Promoting the Military-civilian Integrated Development of Coal-based Jet Fuels between the Logistics Department of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Shenhua Group Corporation Limited was held on February 24, 2012 in Beijing.

The signing of this agreement aims to push forward in depth the joint tackling of core technology in coal-based jet fuels and form a new demand-oriented mechanism for joint scientific and technological innovation.

In technical applicating, both sides will vigorously spread new processes, new technologies and new standards of coal-based jet fuels, strengthen two-way transferring of military and civilian technologies, and establish and improve the military-civilian integrated sharing mechanism of technological achievements.

According to the agreement, both sides will establish key national and military laboratories of coal-based jet fuels and a world-leading industrial base of coal-based jet fuels, so as to build a unified and military-civilian integrated developing platform for production, training and research.

The study on coal-based jet fuels is also known as the "coal-to-oil" study. Based on the strategic agreement on military-civilian integrated development reached by the Logistics Department of the PLA Air Force and the Shenhua Group Corporation Limited, the two sides rely on the coal-based jet fuel study as the platform to launch comprehensive cooperation in fields including technological innovation, technical application, construction of industrial research and development base and talent cultivation, in a bid to jointly promote the development and application of coal-based clean energy, which has achieved the initial success.