Aiming to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Latam Airlines Plans to Use Sugarcane as Fuel for Its Aircraft

Written by Fabio Lucas Carvalho

Published on 03/08/2021 at 15:01

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Latam Seeks to Reduce Carbon Emissions Through Adoption of New Technologies and Growth in Sustainable Fuel Use

Like many airlines around the world, Latam Airlines has ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions. The mission to cut emissions is no easy task, being one of the greatest challenges the company will face in the coming years. The key to making a greater contribution to the environment lies in the type of fuel that the company uses.

As the site Reportur showed, Latam Airlines aims to be carbon-neutral by 2050 and reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. As a result, alternative fuels must be used, such as sugarcane.

Roberto Alvo, CEO of Latam, stated in an interview with DF Chile, highlighted Brazil’s capacity in sugarcane production: “The amount of sugarcane waste is sufficient to supply the entire national airline sector. Today there are small biocombustible production plants, but it is still a very embryonic phase,” he emphasized.

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Aiming to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Latam Airlines Plans to Use Sugarcane as Fuel for Its Aircraft

Latam Seeks to Reduce Carbon Emissions Through Adoption of New Technologies and Growth in Sustainable Fuel Use

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Aiming to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Latam Airlines Plans to Use Sugarcane as Fuel for Its Aircraft

Latam Seeks to Reduce Carbon Emissions Through Adoption of New Technologies and Growth in Sustainable Fuel Use

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With a wingspan of 152 meters, 76 tires, and a capacity to carry 1,270 tons, the Boeing Pelican was the giant “flying ship” that promised to cross oceans close to the water on an invisible air cushion beneath its wings.

Elon Musk’s internet comes to mobile: Starlink technology connects smartphones without an antenna via satellite, works even without carrier signal, already costs just US$10 extra in the US, and could arrive in Brazil as an included benefit.

While countries spend billions to draw water from the sea, a Nobel-winning scientist creates a container-sized machine that extracts up to 1,000 liters per day from dry air and uses ultrasound to release water in minutes, even in the middle of the desert.

Belgium will sink 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing 22,000 tons, in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island 45 km off the coast, forming offshore electrical walls.

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