CSIRO, Boeing roadmap shows opportunity for SAF industry in Australia
In Australia, a report released by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO and Boeing Australia stated that the country has a moment-in-time opportunity to develop a sovereign sustainable aviation fuel industry, with domestic demand for jet fuel expected to increase by 75% by 2050.
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Roadmap builds consensus on developing an Australian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry, identifying opportunities to produce and scale production using Australian feedstocks, CSIRO said.
“By actively working to liberate feedstocks, the roadmap estimates that Australia is currently sitting on enough resources to produce almost 5 billion liters of SAF by 2025. This could supply nearly 60% of jet fuel demand projected for that year,” said CSIRO Senior Manager and lead Roadmap author, Max Temminghoff.
“Through a combination of feedstocks and mature technologies, a large and growing portion of Australia’s jet fuel demand can be met with local materials such as agricultural waste and residues,” he added.
“To convert these feedstocks into viable jet fuel, the report identifies the Alcohol-to-Jet and the Fischer-Tropsch process – a process currently conducted at CSIRO’s Perth laboratory – as ideal technology options to propel a sovereign SAF industry,’” he added.
The roadmap points to biogenic materials in the near term, such as sugarcane, sawmill residues, and municipal solid waste, as well as hydrogen and CO2 in the medium to long term, as key feedstocks.
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