Sustainable Aviation Fuels
The “Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest” project will look at biomass options within a four-state area as possible sources for creating renewable jet fuel.
Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Powering the Next Generation of Flight
Climate Solutions is thrilled that the stakeholder report was released on Wednesday, May 25 at 10:00 AM PDT. For more details, and a full copy of the report, please go to the project website: safnw.com.
Homegrown biofuels can take off on the farm and in the sky:
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On May 25, 2011, Climate Solutions along with Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport, and Washington State University released the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest (SAFN): Powering the Next Generation of Flight report.
The SAFN initiative also consisted of 40+ stakeholders such as biofuel producers, non-profit advocacy organizations, research institutions, government agencies, agricultural producers and other entities representing the biofuel supply chain.
Climate Solutions facilitated the stakeholder led initiative, coordinated the five workshops and took the lead in researching and writing the final report. Due to the stakeholders' diverse goals, expertise and experience, Climate Solutions' role required bridging divides and outlining a comprehensive 'flight path' (roadmap) that the stakeholders could agree to.
As the first regional assessment of its kind in the United States, the report examines the feasibility, challenges and opportunities for creating a commercially viable, sustainable aviation biofuels industry in the Northwest. It asses the feedstock pathways in the four-state area (WA, OR, MT, and ID) as possible sources for producing sustainable jet fuel. This includes evaluating the cost, timescale, water and land usage, refining, transport infrastructure and actual use by airlines. The feedstocks include agriculturally based oilseeds like camelina, forest residues, algae, municipal solid waste and others.
