Already an early mover in converting waste gases to renewable fuels, LanzaTech plans to demonstrate two new pathways for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with funding from the U.S. Energy Department.
Aviation industry players have already begun discussing ways to put feet on IATA’s recently approved resolution that commits member airlines to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Germany has formally inaugurated the first commercial plant for producing carbon-neutral synthetic kerosene from water, captured CO2 and renewable electricity.
IATA has given its members a new sustainability target of achieving net zero emissions by the year 2050 despite the opposition of its Chinese airline members.
The availability of feedstocks for biofuels in the Netherlands in 2050 is expected to be far lower than the demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), concludes a report released by the Royal NLR aerospace research center.
NASA has awarded contracts to GE Aviation and MagniX for the Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) program, which aims to mature megawatt-class electrified aircraft propulsion (EAP) technologies for regional and single-aisle transport aircraft from 2035 onwards.
Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways have each signed large offtake agreements with new producers of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as both airlines aim to convert at least 10% of their annual jet fuel usage to low-carbon alternatives by 2030.
Two aviation sustainability roadmaps are about to be updated, with the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) poised to issue the second edition of its Waypoint 2050 report and European stakeholders set to add more detail to their Destination 2050 action plan.
While the body representing the world’s airports has issued advice to its members on more sustainable operations, a European environmental organization has at the same time slammed the continent’s major airports for their pollution levels.
Safran and French energy group TotalEnergies agreed to jointly develop technical and commercial solutions designed to accelerate the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry.
Honeywell UOP and hydrogen production specialist Wood have joined forces to further reduce the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of sustainable aviation fuel to produce a carbon-neutral jet fuel.
Environmental groups have renewed their call for the U.S. government to set a tougher rule for aircraft greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions than the CO2 certification standard agreed by ICAO.
The head of Frontier Airlines says the ULCC's fleet of Airbus A320neo family aircraft demonstrates a strong commitment to the environment but reports little motivation from passengers to pay for CO2 offset programs.
Reaching a target of 10% SAF use by 2030 will require the scaling up of production to at least 9.5 billion gal./year from the less than 10 million gal. produced in 2020.
As Airbus is exploring several technologies to drastically cut and eventually annihilate an aircraft’s CO2 emissions, its design engineers are considering micro-hybridization as a starting point in electrification.
