The New Fuel of the Future, Made From Grass, Will Begin Testing on Planes in 2023!

Written by Roberta Souza

Published on 20/12/2022 at 13:25

Updated on 06/01/2023 at 18:13

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Being One of the Sectors That Emit the Most Carbon into the Atmosphere, Aviation Is Now Investing in Fuel Made from Grass to “Offset” the Environment

The aviation sector, facing various criticisms for its carbon emissions into the atmosphere, has decided to “offset” the environment by launching green fuel made from grass. Although in practice the sector’s contribution is much smaller than most other forms of transportation, the aviation sector will also face its challenges in order to decarbonize all aircraft, especially long-haul flights.

A large portion of road transportation can be electrified; however, there is still no technology that provides electric airplanes capable of flying intercontinental distances, meaning that sustainable jet fuel offers a possible solution, and Alder Fuels believes it is the most viable option.

Approximately one-fifth of global carbon emissions come from aviation transportation, and 24% if only the direct use of energy is considered. Overall, aviation accounts for only 11.6% of the carbon footprint of transportation, or 2.5% of the total. This fact is obviously much lower than the 15% of global emissions from road transportation, yet it is still a significant figure.

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Carbon Emission Could Decrease by Up to 50 Years with Fuel

In light of the sector’s novelty, research shows that the volume of carbon from road transportation that moves people will decrease to almost zero in 50 years, while that of the aviation sector will remain almost unchanged during the same period, when it will be the main contributor to transportation.

If our goal is to meet global warming reduction targets, we need to find an alternative to aviation fuel, since the current option is fuel made from “oils and fats residue” (also known as FOG). These are the residual byproducts of the food industry, such as beef tallow.

In 2016, AltAir Fuels successfully tested the production of fuel from this source, using a converted refinery in southern California and technology from Honeywell UOP.

The Functioning of Green Fuel

However, as not everything is perfect, Bryan Sherbacow, who was the COO of AltAir, noted that there was not enough FOG to scale up this fuel, no matter how well it worked. In 2021, he founded Alder Fuels, which aims to create sustainable fuels from plant biomass.

There is still some skepticism regarding biomass-derived fuels, as they can lead to the conversion of arable lands perfectly good for food production, or the destruction of primary forest.

The New Fuel of the Future, Made From Grass, Will Begin Testing on Planes in 2023!

Being One of the Sectors That Emit the Most Carbon into the Atmosphere, Aviation Is Now Investing in Fuel Made from Grass to “Offset” the Environment

MEET THE TRADITIONAL FUELS USED BY AIRPLANES

Carbon Emission Could Decrease by Up to 50 Years with Fuel

The Functioning of Green Fuel

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The New Fuel of the Future, Made From Grass, Will Begin Testing on Planes in 2023!

Being One of the Sectors That Emit the Most Carbon into the Atmosphere, Aviation Is Now Investing in Fuel Made from Grass to “Offset” the Environment

MEET THE TRADITIONAL FUELS USED BY AIRPLANES

Carbon Emission Could Decrease by Up to 50 Years with Fuel

The Functioning of Green Fuel

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

Forget petroleum-based asphalt: a Scottish company transforms 684,000 plastic bottles into one kilometer of road that is 60% more resistant and up to 10 times more durable, and the technology has already started replacing traditional asphalt in more than 30 countries.

Austrian engineers have developed an inflatable concrete technology that transforms flat slabs into domes using only air pressure, eliminating scaffolding and temporary forms, and potentially changing the way bridges, tunnels, and curved roofs are constructed worldwide.

A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

Nvidia wants to spend up to $150 billion annually in Taiwan, employ 4,000 people, and transform the new headquarters into a key piece of AI expansion.

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