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American Airlines partners with PtL and carbon removal start-ups Infinium and Graphyte

American Airlines partners with PtL and carbon removal start-ups Infinium and Graphyte

COP28 Diary of Events Ireland could produce enough SAF to meet its own EU mandated volumes, finds study

Ireland could produce enough SAF to meet its own EU mandated volumes, finds study

Ireland could produce enough SAF to meet its own EU mandated volumes, finds study Virgin Atlantic makes first commercial airline flight across the Atlantic with 100% SAF

Virgin Atlantic makes first commercial airline flight across the Atlantic with 100% SAF

Virgin Atlantic makes first commercial airline flight across the Atlantic with 100% SAF ICAO agrees a global framework and emissions goal on the transition to aviation clean energy

ICAO agrees a global framework and emissions goal on the transition to aviation clean energy

ICAO agrees a global framework and emissions goal on the transition to aviation clean energy Gulfstream business jet becomes first to cross the Atlantic on 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Gulfstream business jet becomes first to cross the Atlantic on 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Gulfstream business jet becomes first to cross the Atlantic on 100% sustainable aviation fuel Governments gather to seek agreement on a global framework for aviation’s energy transition

Governments gather to seek agreement on a global framework for aviation’s energy transition

Governments gather to seek agreement on a global framework for aviation’s energy transition SAF supplier SkyNRG secures €175 million investment from Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management

SAF supplier SkyNRG secures €175 million investment from Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management

SAF supplier SkyNRG secures €175 million investment from Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management ANA and easyJet commit to buying carbon dioxide removal credits from 1PointFive’s Texas DAC facility

ANA and easyJet commit to buying carbon dioxide removal credits from 1PointFive’s Texas DAC facility

ANA and easyJet commit to buying carbon dioxide removal credits from 1PointFive’s Texas DAC facility Boeing selects Pratt & Whitney and Collins to support new NASA sustainable flight test programme

Boeing selects Pratt & Whitney and Collins to support new NASA sustainable flight test programme

Boeing selects Pratt & Whitney and Collins to support new NASA sustainable flight test programme Microsoft and World Energy sign landmark 10-year book-and claim SAF deal

Microsoft and World Energy sign landmark 10-year book-and claim SAF deal

Microsoft and World Energy sign landmark 10-year book-and claim SAF deal Emirates and Shell in 300,000-gallon SAF purchase deal using Avelia book-and-claim

Emirates and Shell in 300,000-gallon SAF purchase deal using Avelia book-and-claim

Emirates and Shell in 300,000-gallon SAF purchase deal using Avelia book-and-claim

Susanne Becken

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Should aviation be given preferential access to scarce land and clean energy resources for SAF, questions paper

25 May 2023 Christopher Surgenor

An academic analysis of 12 roadmaps for decarbonising the global aviation industry finds they place a heavy reliance on biogenic...