UK-based Jet Zero Council has launched a £15 million (€17.5 million) competition to support the development of facilities capable of turning household waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), also known as biojet.
Airplane wing. Credit: Zoagli / Flickr
Airplane wing. Credit: Zoagli / Flickr
The "Green Fuel, Green Skies" competition will support technology to convert household waste, waste wood, flue gases and excess electricity in "first-of-a-kind production plants in the UK to produce these fuels at scale."
Established last year, the Jet Zero Council is a public-private initiative the purpose of which is to promote the use of biojet in aviation. An SAF delivery group has been created to advise the government on ways it can work together with industry to establish production facilities in the UK.
The government is providing £125 million (€145.7 million) in funding over a four year period to develop greener aviation, such as fully-electric aircraft, with a further £175 million (€204 million) coming from industry.
To boost SAF development, industry group Sustainable Aviation has also committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, said: "As the aviation sector emerges out of the pandemic and looks towards recovery over the coming months, we must put our environmental commitments at the centre of everything we do – so not only do we build back better, we also build back greener.
"That’s why we’re stepping up our work on the Council, recruiting new members and launching pioneering efforts to ensure that we continue to lead the world by example and deliver on our ambitious net-zero targets."
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