ADP Group launches eight-week decarbonization test at Le Bourget Airport
In France, the ADP Group said it demonstrated a large part of what can be done around an aircraft at Le Bourget airport in terms of low-carbon aviation, including SAF refueling and ground operations using electric vehicles. The ADP Group said it began an eight-week test campaign around decarbonized aviation at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on April 12. “This will allow the platform’s eight operators to familiarize themselves with everything that can already be achieved in terms of decarbonized aviation at an airport. These tests are being carried out at Le Bourget because the procedures are simpler, but it allows the operators to see that decarbonized aviation is already very concrete,” said Edward Arkwright, executive director of the ADP Group. As part of the demo, a Falcon aircraft was fueled with SAF using a TotalEnergies truck, which is itself electric. The biofuel supplied was a 30% blend.” It should be noted that the supply of SAF has only just begun at Paris-Le Bourget airport, since TotalEnergies plans to deliver a total of 1,000 tons of SAF, which corresponds to 2 to 3% of the airport’s consumption.” TotalEnergies has a dedicated 100 m3 tank at the airport, as does the airport’s second fuel supplier, WFS, which has its own tank.
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