Aviation industry needs to diversify how sustainable fuel is made, says IATA energy transition director
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GENEVA: The aviation industry is very reliant on one way of making sustainable aviation fuel that commonly uses cooking oil and needs to diversify, the director of energy transition at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday (Dec 6).
What's important for us is that we're able to diversify in terms of the feedstocks which we use to develop the sustainable aviation fuels, Mr Hemant Mistry told CNA at the IATAs Global Media Days event.
Currently, the industry relies heavily on a method that refines vegetable oils, cooking oils or fats through hydrogenation to make sustainable aviation fuel, a cleaner alternative to conventional aviation fuel.
We can see applications for the use of municipal waste which has been investigated in terms of certification, and also other pathways which use forestry residues, agriculture residues, he said.
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