Press Releases
6th August 2014: Official launch of Project Solaris. (PDF)
9th December 2014: Sunchem, SkyNRG, Boeing and SAA partner to turn tobacco oil into sustainable jet fuel. (PDF)
1st September 2015: RSB certification of Project Solaris. (PDF)
Media
2015
- Project Solaris in South Africa earns RSB certification (Biofuels International)
- First flight imminent as South African tobacco crop to jet biofuel project earns RSB sustainability approval (Green Air Online)
- Solaris biofuel Crop in Limpopo Certified as Sustainable (Engineeringnews)
- Boeing and South African Airways to Fly Planes on Tobacco Fuel (Bloomberg)
- Tobacco Cures Ebola And Makes Tobacco Jet Biofuel Too (CleanTechica)
- Boeing to pilot jetfuel from nicotine-free tobacco plants (BusinessGreen)
- Boeing joins biofuel effort (LA times)
- Boeing, S.African Airways to make jet fuel from tobacco (Reuters)
Events
- Official launch Project Solaris 8 December
- House of the Future November 17th 9.30, Johannesburg. Sign up here for the Project Solaris workshop.
