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KLM and Costa Rica partner on aviation biofuels

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The Costa Rican government and KLM will research the possibilities of flying from San José, the capital of Costa Rica, using bio-based jet fuel. On 31 October, KLM and the Costa Rican government signed a letter of intent to ratify the cooperation, marking the first such agreement of this kind between an airline and a country.

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Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins use hydrogen/biogas to power Cummins generator in Costa Rica

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and EARTH University in Costa Rica. Ad Astra is developing this system in collaboration with Costa Rica’s state-owned oil refinery, RECOPE. Located near the NASA Johnson Space Center, Ad Astra has its main laboratory and corporate headquarters in Webster, Texas.