Jet fuel switch

A new report from think-tank Policy Exchange claims that the deployment of sustainable bio-jet fuels would result in emission reductions worth £37.41bn 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 Mandate, which the author's argue should be should be introduced from 2020, should state that the proportion of jet fuel derived from or blended with sustainable bio-jet fuel should rise from 20 per cent in 2020 to 80 per cent in 2050.

This, the report claims, would result in reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK and EU aviation sectors of 15 per cent in 2020 and 60 per cent in 2050 relative to current predictions.