Production of aircraft fuel from industrial emissions

Virgin Atlantic, UK has developed an aviation fuel from industrial emissions with a commitment to halve CO ₂ emissions compared to standard jet fuel usage.

This new fuel will be developed in partnership with LanzaTech, New Zealand: created by using emissions from the steel manufacturing industry, based on fermentation and transfer technology. Chemistry of Swedish biofuels .

Virgin Atlantic Airlines, UK plans to use this fuel on flights from Shanghai, Delhi to London within two to three years, while LanzaTech and its partners will develop muscles. The fuel production facility in China and India will expand production worldwide in the future.

Producing fuels made from industrial emissions will provide alternatives to biofuel production activities (which reduce the amount of arable land for food production). This is the main goal that aviation industries are targeting.

British President Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson, said: "With the production of this new fuel, more importantly, this is a sustainable new fuel-use solution and the steel industry alone. has been able to supply more than 15 billion gallons of jet fuel per year, this capability is very positive. "

This new technology creates scalability, sustainability and can be commercialized, to produce on a large scale at a lower cost than conventional jet fuel.

Partner companies will work with Boeing to obtain the necessary approval for the use of this new fuel for commercial aircraft. A test flight with this new fuel will be carried out for a period of 12 to 18 months.

LanzaTech is conducting a pilot production of the new fuel in New Zealand and on plans to showcase the new fuel in Shanghai this year, the first commercial activities are expected to be captured. head in China in 2014.

According to LanzaTech, the new fuel production process can be carried out in 65% of steel mills, as well as in other metal and chemical processing industries, across the entire world.

LanzaTech chief executive, Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, said: "This technology will allow airlines to significantly reduce CO ₂ emissions, by reusing the emissions they should have. direct emissions into the atmosphere ".

The production of this new fuel, has driven sustainable industrial growth, allowing factories to recycle their own carbon emissions.

The Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) , an international organization to ensure the sustainability of biofuel production, will advise companies, to ensure fuel production, meet with environmental, social and economic standards.

Virgin Atlantic, UK, believes that by using this new fuel, it will help fulfill a commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% per passenger per km by 2020.