The 2nd Internal Workshop and the 2nd Alfa-Bird General Assembly took place in Toulouse on 6-8 July, 2010.
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Alfa-Bird, through the Workpackage 1.2 (IFP, DLR, SHELL, SASOL), submitted an article to the IASH Newsletter (The International Association for Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels). more
 
Alfa-Bird cited at the 18th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (3-7 May 2010) more
 
The congress of World Biofuels Market 2010 took place in Amsterdam on 15-17 March. more
 

Alfa-Bird has reached an important milestone with the selection of 4 alternative fuels for the tests which will be performed during the second phase of the project.

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Relevant links

European Commission
Important documents related to the contract

FP7 legal documents

FP7 Grant Agreement including annexes

Guide for beneficiaries

Guide to Financial Issues relating to FP7 Indirect Actions

Wiki explaining the preparation of the Periodic Report

 
R&D initiatives and networks

European Biofuels Technology Platform

The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) - goal is to promote the development of alternative fuel options that offer equivalent levels of safety and compare favorably with petroleum based jet fuel on cost and environmental bases, with the specific goal of enhancing security of energy supply

Omega is a publicly funded partnership that offers impartial, innovative and topical insights into the environmental effects of the air transport industry and sustainability solutions.

The Network of Excellence ECATS is an expert group contributing to environmentally compatible air transport. With initial funding from the European Commission ECATS' scope is to contribute to the environmental goals of the Vision 2020 for Aeronautics and the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)

BIOMAP is based on the use of electronic maps (such as Google Maps) and combined with a navigational structure linking interrelated entities. It will map activities on biofuels projects across different sectors and programmes

 
Miscellaneous
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Website with information on trade fairs and congress on renewable energies

Enviro.aero has been established by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). Its mission is to promote aviation’s sustainable growth for the benefit of global society.

Chevron's book about technical review of aviation fuels. Here you can find data on aviation turbine fuel performances, data about aviation gasoline composition etc.

Avantium is a leading technology company specialized in advanced high-throughput R&D for applications in the energy, chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. Avantium focuses on developing products in two fields: 1. new biofuels and bio-based chemicals, and 2. new crystal forms of marketed drugs under patent.