By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River. That’s a very small portion of the funding required to complete the facility being developed by
Green aviation solutions have yet to take off as climate restrictions loom
Airbus officials hold a panel on sustainable aviation on Wednesday at the Farnborough Air Show. (Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter FARNBOROUGH, England — The aviation industry has preached for years that low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, will be key to making the airline business carbon neutral.
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FORBES MONEY MARKETS Is Europe’s 2050 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Quota Unsustainable?
Europe’s airlines have been queuing up to buy sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). However, the European industry will most likely fail in meeting the EU’s 2050 quota target, because the target itself is not very realistic, according to the boss of the company operating one of Europe’s largest airports.
Airport workers asking Sacramento to mandate airlines report jet fuel emissions
Sid Garcia Wednesday, June 5, 2024 12:57PM A new study has detailed the health effects of jet fuel emissions on airport workers and people living near an airport or flight path. A new study has detailed the health effects of jet fuel emissions on airport workers and people living near an airport or flight path.
How airlines are working to create sustainable fuel to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer travel season and that means a lot of driving and flying. When discussing greenhouse gas emissions, the focus is usually on cars and trucks since they generate the most. But the aviation sector is under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien
Southwest Airlines invests in sustainable aviation fuel
From cornfield to airplane By Erica Quinlan May 12, 2024 at 12:50 pm CDT A chart shows how sustainable aviation fuel is created. INDIANAPOLIS — Boilermaker Anthony Gregory recently attended the High Performance Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Summit. Gregory, who works as renewable ventures chief operating officer at Southwest Airlines, discussed sustainable aviation fuel. Southwest
Farm To Fly: Greenwashing at your expense
Proposal would subsidize farmers to grow crops to create aviation fuel The Farm To Fly Act is the most basic reason STNI has never endorsed so-called sustainable aviation fuels. In theory, aviation fuels created exclusively from scrap biomass may pollute less and might create fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. However, the amount of such available material
Airlines, farm groups urge crop-based aviation fuel in farm bill
By Marc Heller | 04/24/2024 01:40 PM EDT Organizations asked Agriculture Committee leaders in Congress to include incentives for sustainable aviation fuel in the upcoming farm bill. Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is leading legislation on sustainable aviation fuel that groups want included in the farm bill. Francis Chung/POLITICO Commercial airlines and biofuel industry groups pressed key lawmakers Wednesday
Alaska Airlines exec is working to keep plastic and carbon out of the air
Alaska Airlines Senior Vice President Diana Birkett Rakow is pictured in front of a Boeing 737 jetliner on the hangar floor of the airline’s engineering and maintenance facility in 2021. ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Dee Smith Apr 6, 2024 Diana Birkett Rakow has been leading Alaska Air Group’s environmental initiatives since before she even had