Food Waste Could Produce Carbon-Negative Jet Fuel

Graham Warwick March 16, 2021
NREL scientist SAF
Fuel samples produced from food waste show promise for approval as a sustainable aviation fuel, NREL said.
Credit: Dennis Schroeder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from food waste has the potential to reduce net carbon emissions by 165% compared to fossil jet fuel, according to researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The large reduction in comparative life-cycle carbon emissions is possible...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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