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2022-10-26 00:00FAA Efforts Sustainable Aviation Fuels Grand Challenge Update (Jim Hileman StART 10/26/2022)
• SAF are “drop-in” liquid aviation fuels – same infrastructure, engines & aircraft • SAF can reduce lifecycle GHG and air quality emissions substantially – critical to aviation de-carbonization • Viable technologies exist – seven alternative fuel pathways currently approved for use, and two approved for co-processing with petroleum, more under evaluation for approval • Scalable feedstocks – wastes & residues, biomass, sugars, oils and energy crops can all supply SAF • Widely accepted by airlines, business, and general aviation • Broadly supported among federal agencies as meeting critical goals - climate, energy security, rural economic development • Critical to international efforts to address aviation emissions Federal Aviation Administration Sustainable Aviation Fuels – Life Cycle Benefit FAA have extensive research that have supported development of rigorous life cycle accounting methods over the last decade: - Argonne National Labs GREET Model - ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) - SAF Blenders Tax Credit (I.R.A. Sections 13203 and 13704) Diagram from ATAG Beginner’s Guide to SAF, which is available at: https://aviationbenefits.org/downloads/beginners-guide-to-sustainable-aviation-fuel/ The extent to which any particular SAF provides a climate benefit depends on SAF’s life cycle emissions profile, taking into account the production, transportation, and combustion of the SAF, as well as indirect effects. Federal Aviation Administration Testing accelerate SAF development •Test fuels • Improve testing methods •Conduct evaluation •Streamline approval Analysis environmental and economic sustainability •Lifecycle emissions •Cost reduction •Supply potential •Supply chain opportunities Coordination support SAF integration •Public-private partnership – CAAFI •U.S. interagency cooperation •International… -
2022-10-07 19:33
Study Finds Outsized Corporate Influence on UN Aviation Emissions Talks
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2022-07-23 00:58
Scorched by climate change, the aviation industry mobilizes for sustainable fuel
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter FARNBOROUGH, England — On the opening days of the Farnborough Air Show, Britain endured record high temperatures and as the mercury climbed past 100 degrees Fahrenheit, people retreated where possible from the scorched runways to the air-conditioned company chalets. This was nature providing a timely reminder of the greatest threat -
2022-07-01 00:45
Aviation Week: Opinion: Inconvenient Truths Behind Sustainable Aviation Fuel
by Jim Harris Credit: Jane Widdowson/Airbus With the worst of the pandemic downturn hopefully in the rearview mirror, commercial aviation must now move on to face its greatest challenge yet: How to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Governments are making commitments to incentivize sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)—Europe, through February’s “Toulouse Declaration,” and the U.S., with -
2021-10-04 19:11Our Commitment to Fly Net Zero by 2050
Fly Net Zero is the commitment of airlines to achieve net zero carbon by 2050. At the 77th IATA Annual General Meeting in Boston, USA, on 4 October 2021, a resolution was passed by IATA member airlines committing them to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from their operations by 2050. This pledge brings air transport -
2021-09-13 21:00
Biden Outlines a Plan for Cleaner Jet Fuel. But How Clean Would It Be?
Some biofuels may contribute to greenhouse gas emissions in ways that can significantly reduce, and sometimes offset, their advantages over fossil fuels, studies have shown. The deal between the Biden administration and the airline industry is meant to drive down flying’s environmental toll.Credit…Ted S. Warren/Associated Press By Hiroko Tabuchi At first glance, it’s a big step -
2021-03-05 12:38
Green air travel is still decades away. Here’s why
Airplane manufacturers are making big moves to decarbonize — but is it too little too late? Jennifer Van Evra “The airline sector doesn’t have a plan to date,” says Andrew Murphy, aviation director of Transport and Environment, “and it’s kind of scrambling to come up with one.” (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) What On Earth27:01Up in the -
2020-11-03 12:15
How a 1940s treaty set airlines on a path to high emissions and low regulation
Before the pandemic, aviation was on course to be the UK’s most polluting sector and produce as much as 22% of global emissions by 2050. The industry is suffering from low demand due to coronavirus restrictions, but without meaningful policy changes, flight numbers and emissions are expected to return to pre-COVID-19 levels by 2024. When accounting for emissions, aviation is -
2020-02-07 14:42
There Is No Sustainable Way to Fly
Despite what airlines promise, carbon offsets and sustainable fuels won’t negate the heavy environmental cost of air travel. by Jake Bittle This article originally appeared on VICE US. Last month, just weeks after climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s Person of the Year, JetBlue announced that it would go carbon neutral on all its -
2020-02-04 19:00
Airlines want you to think they’re serious about the climate crisis. They’re not
An offer to plant trees to offset carbon emissions isn’t a solution – it’s a licence to continue with business as usual @wakmax ‘Those dressing up a process that (at best) aims to remove, years from now, carbon emitted today as a climate solution either don’t understand the science, or don’t want you to.’ Photograph: