Foreword
The aviation sector is one of
the fastest growing sources of carbon emissions globally. But despite the
progress seen in the past 10 years, the sector still has a way to go in order
to contribute to mitigating climate change. The current market for aviation
biofuels is small - hindered by a lower price of petroleum-based kerosene and a
lack of industrial scale production facilities. It is good news then, that
Velocys has secured funding – partly from British Airways and Shell – for its waste-to-sustainable-fuels project in Lincolnshire. Although it does
not expect to be fully operational until the 2020s, it hopes to produce 20
million gallons of alternative and sustainable jet fuel annually. As well as appropriate
funding, the aviation biofuels sector needs to see research on technological,
societal and market development. The Bernal Institute at the University of
Limerick and SkyNRG have agreed to explore.........
Other news this month includes:
Policy
- GHG reductions from grain-based ethanol
Markets
- Neste divests fuel retail business
- Sustainable fuel project co-funded by BA & Shell
Research and Development
- Semi-continuous biodiesel developments
Bioethanol
- Ethanol and biogas in India
- ArcellorMittal commences CO2 to alcohol
plant construction
- US
corn-derived ETBE in Japan
- Carbon-neutral methanol demonstration plant
Biodiesel
- Biofuel produced at French biorefinery
- Implications of imported used cooking oil for biodiesel
Aviation Biofuel
- Jet fuel from Norweigan biomass
- Sustainable aviation fuel in Ireland
Other Biofuels
- Construction begins on hydrogen electrolysis plant
- Government funding for electric vehicles
- LPG industry transition to BioLPG
- Californian grant for renewable DME
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