Chapter 13

Government Policy on Delivering Biofuels for the Aviation Sector

D. Thrän1,2,3 and J. Ponitka2,    1Department Bioenergy, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany,    2Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH – DBFZ, Leipzig, Germany,    3University of Leizpig, IIRM, Leipzig, Germany

Abstract

Air transport is a developing business sector, with rapidly increasing rates in transport loads and fuel demand. Aircraft emissions are impacting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and hence inducing climate change. Decarbonization in the aviation sector is being addressed by international airline organizations (eg, IATA), and in different policies as well. Biojet fuels can contribute to this goal substantially in the short- ...

Get Biofuels for Aviation now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.