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By Allyson
Aleksey -
Mar 25, 2023
This Company Is Making Jet Fuel
From Carbon Dioxide That Requires “No Change” to Plane Engines
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Sustainable jet fuel alternatives will soon be
taking flight in the commercial airlines industry. New York-based
startup Air Company recently announced the launch of its Sustainable
Aviation Fuel (SAF), made from captured carbon dioxide.
Major airlines like JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic, and even the United
States Air Force, among others, have collectively committed to
purchasing over 1 billion gallons of the sustainable fuel
alternative. The company is optimistic that the innovation can
transform aviation into an environmentally-sustainable form of
transportation, according to CEO and co-founder Gregory Constantine.
“We have been quietly working on this innovation, and we’re proud to
debut this SAF technology and commercialization in partnership with
some of the most impactful and innovative companies in the world,”
Constantine said in a
recent press release.
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This climate-friendly fuel — distributed under
the trademarked name AIRMADE™ SAF — utilizes excess carbon dioxide
to create industrial carbon-negative alcohols and fuels that can be
used to power jets.
Air Company hopes the SAF will serve as a
blueprint for global decarbonization.
“The aviation industry, for us, is really interesting, because it’s
one of the toughest industries to decarbonize,” Constantine told
Fast Company. Sustainable fuel alternatives and electrification
have resulted in climate-friendly gains in the automobile industry
in recent years, but significant infrastructural and technological
challenges have slowed progress for other transportation modes.
Aviation and other forms of transportation account for approximately
14% of global greenhouse gas emissions collectively, according to a
study published by the
American Chemical Society earlier this year.
“Traditional jet fuel, or kerosene, is a mix of hydrocarbons made
from a series of chemical reactions,”
Popular Science explains. Engineers must integrate more
renewable starting materials in lieu of fossil fuels to make air
travel more sustainable.
SAF instead utilizes carbon dioxide, a practically unlimited
resource, without the need to blend fossil fuels.
“The benefit to what we’ve been able to do is create a 100%
‘drop-in’ fuel,” Constantine told Fast Company. “So no change needs
to be made to existing engines.”
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Results of a recent successful test flight
conducted by the Air Force have stoked optimism within the
industry, and now Air Company is eyeing the commercial flight
industry in its efforts to phase out environmentally-destructive
fuels.
SAF “has the potential to achieve commercial viability at scale—a
game-changer for our industry to significantly and quickly drive
down our emissions,” Sara Bodgan, the sustainability director at
JetBlue, told Fast Company. The airline has committed to purchasing
25 million gallons of Air Company’s new fuel within the next five
years.
“With [the launch of SAF], we and our partners aim to create a
direct pathway towards a seismic shift away from legacy
fossil-fuel-based production in a cost-effective manner,”
Constantine said in a statement. “We’re excited about the future and
anticipate seeing more partners commit to phasing out fossil fuel
use and decarbonizing aviation altogether.”
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