“Green Skies thinking: Promoting the development and commercialization of sustainable bio-jet fuels” report published

In the UK, the Policy Exchange released a report titled “Green Skies thinking: Promoting the development and commercialisation of sustainable bio-jet fuels“, and concluded that the wide-scale deployment of sustainable bio-jet fuels which would result in emission reductions worth £37.41 billion in the UK between 2020 and 2050, as well as making a significant contribution to meeting the UK’s 2050 emission reduction target.

Green Skies Thinking recommends the setting of achievable and enforceable targets for replacing standard kerosene jet fuel with bio-jet fuel from 2020, through the implementation of an EU-wide Sustainable Bio-jet Fuel Blending Mandate. This would result in reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK and EU aviation sectors of 15% in 2020 and 60% in 2050 relative to current predictions. The group concluded that biofuels should be targeted for aviation rather than land transport.

The report can be downloaded here.

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