Ireland could start producing sustainable jet fuel from 2030: study
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 Ireland's offshore wind power plans could see it produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from around 2030 but "significant progress" is needed to develop SAF at scale, a study showed on Wednesday. Securing enough SAF supply is the aviation industry's biggest challenge in its push for net-zero emissions, as traditional jet fuel is a major polluter and sustainable alternatives remain costly and in scarce supply. Investment would be needed in hydrogen transport and storage while grid congestion issues would have to be addressed.
NASA joined partners in October 2023 to generate critical new data on sustainable aviation fuel through Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator project. As Boeing’s second ecoDemonstrator Explorer aircraft flew, switching between sustainable aviation fuel and conventional jet fuel, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft...
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
