Fuelling Clean Aviation for Europe – slides and recording available
This hybrid event held on 19 April in Brussels, presented the milestones achieved by the BIO4A partners in the production, blending and distribution of SAF at kilotonnes scale. It also illustrated the challenges and solutions for the deployment of feedstock...
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BIO4A Event: Fuelling Clean Aviation for Europe
Fuelling Clean Aviation for Europe Scaling up SAF production towards carbon neutrality and the Green Deal Date: 19 April 2023 - 10.00-15.30 CEST Venue: Region of Tuscany EU Liaison Office - Rond Point Schuman 14 - Brussels (and online) This event and roundtable...
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Low ILUC risk biomass feedstock for SAF and soil carbon sequestration in Mediterranean marginal land – BIKE & BIO4A webinar
This webinar presented solutions, activities, and preliminary results from Horizon 2020 projects BIO4A and BIKE, for the development of low ILUC risk biomass feedstock for SAF in marginal land in European dry Mediterranean areas. An assessment study was presented,...
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The state of the implementation of SAF-related policy under the EU’s RED II
The recast of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) moves in the right direction to incentivize the use of SAF, but mandates and more dedicated policies at a European level are needed to further stimulate investments in the industry and overcome the hurdles...
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Life Cycle Analysis of SAF produced with Camelina oil
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced through HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) technology using Camelina oil (Camelina sativa) as feedstock is effective at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions along its supply chain compared to fossil jet fuel. The...
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An overview of the market dynamics shaping the SAF industry
Price premiums and the competition with production of biodiesel are the main hurdles to the development of the SAF industry; specific policies in the form of mandates and incentives are needed to generate consistent demand and ensure the commercial uptake of SAF. As...
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Assessing the business case for HEFA-based Sustainable Aviation Fuels
The HEFA or HVO technology is one of the few pathways able to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuels. Multiple technology providers have developed their own hydro processing technology, all with their own characteristics, but although the installed capacity for HVO/HEFA...
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Upgraded agroresidues processing unit is ready for tests
Besides testing the industrial production of SAF, the BIO4A project is also exploring innovative solutions to produce Camelina oil as an alternative feedstock the waste and residual lipids, while at the same time increasing soil resilience towards climate change in...
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Comparison between wood and agroresidues-based biochar and production of COMBI with wood-based biochar
Since its inception, the BIO4A project has been investigating new technologies to store carbon into the ground and improve the fertility of soil by producing biochar from different feedstocks. A recently published report compares the characteristics of biochar...
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Greener Flights from Greener Fields – Using Aviation Biofuel
The European Commission has recently published an article presenting EU funded BIO4A project’s solution and approach to boost the production capacity of EU jet fuel from renewable sources. Jet fuel from renewable sources holds the key to significantly reducing the...
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