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03-12-2007, 06:10 PM
The Cave of Wonders Airport will use only renewable energy and ethanol fuels. The new facility being constructed in San Pedro de Macoris will cost between US$5 and US$6 million. Hoy newspaper says that Max Shauck, a US scientist and Alex Rood, the head of the Tecno Deah Consortium, reviewed the agreement signed between the Cave of Wonders Foundation and Baylor University to create a green airport by using ethanol for fueling aircraft, and solar and wind energy to supply the airport's electricity needs. Another Dominican group, headed by architect Omar Bros and joined by the Baylor Air Sciences Institute, will run a flight training program and an academic program at the airport site.
The green airport will have a landing strip of between 2,000 and 2,500 meters in length and will be able to handle between 20 and 30 flights a day. The facility is due to open for service early next year.
Both Shauck and Rood spoke during a workshop on "Renewable and sustainable energies: The present and future for fuels used in public transport" which was held at the Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC).
The idea is to introduce ethanol as the primary fuel used for aircraft. In Brazil, nearly a thousand aircraft run on ethanol-consuming engines. Most are used in agricultural work, and research on the use of ethanol on commercial aircraft is ongoing.
In a related article, Brazilian ethanol expert Sergio Trindade told reporters that the Dominican Republic has great potential as an ethanol producer. Trindade is a former science and technology assistant to the Secretary General of the United Nations. One aspect of a renewed emphasis on ethanol production would be a reduction in rural-urban migration, according to Trindade. The economic aspects of ethanol use in Brazil were emphasized, especially in view of the fact that 40% of all gasoline use has been substituted by ethanol. Trindade calmed some fears about the effect of ethanol use in the Dominican Republic when he pointed out that ethanol use would not really affect the vast majority of vehicles.
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The green airport will have a landing strip of between 2,000 and 2,500 meters in length and will be able to handle between 20 and 30 flights a day. The facility is due to open for service early next year.
Both Shauck and Rood spoke during a workshop on "Renewable and sustainable energies: The present and future for fuels used in public transport" which was held at the Santo Domingo Technological Institute (INTEC).
The idea is to introduce ethanol as the primary fuel used for aircraft. In Brazil, nearly a thousand aircraft run on ethanol-consuming engines. Most are used in agricultural work, and research on the use of ethanol on commercial aircraft is ongoing.
In a related article, Brazilian ethanol expert Sergio Trindade told reporters that the Dominican Republic has great potential as an ethanol producer. Trindade is a former science and technology assistant to the Secretary General of the United Nations. One aspect of a renewed emphasis on ethanol production would be a reduction in rural-urban migration, according to Trindade. The economic aspects of ethanol use in Brazil were emphasized, especially in view of the fact that 40% of all gasoline use has been substituted by ethanol. Trindade calmed some fears about the effect of ethanol use in the Dominican Republic when he pointed out that ethanol use would not really affect the vast majority of vehicles.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)