Biojet – Where Are We?: A 2-Part Series June 1 and 29, 2011 Webinar
In September 2009, the aviation industry lauded the successful passage of a brand-new specification by the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) that certifies the use of alternative jet fuels in aircraft. ASTM D7566 creates a framework for all alternatives and immediately qualifies 50% blends of Fischer-Tropsch synthetic jet fuel with conventional Jet A from multiple feedstocks including coal, biomass, natural gas and all combinations thereof. This framework will enable the passage of a range of hydrotreated renewable jet (HRJ) fuels, which are biofuels for aircraft made from a variety of feedstocks.
This specification represented the first aviation fuel qualification in nearly 20 years. So a year-and-a-half later, where are we? How far have efforts come in the commercialization of alternative jet fuels? And what are some of the challenges producers and end-users going to face?
Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center and Global Biofuels Center present in partnership with FUEL magazine and Ethanol & Biofuels News a two-part series exploring the current state of the aviation biofuels industry and what’s ahead. READ MORE
| Session 1 – Setting the Stage June 1 • The past, present and future for aviation biofuels • Challenges ahead • Achieving commercialization • Policies and incentives |
Session 2 – Growing the Industry June 29 • Biofuel producers o what they need to provide o progress they have made o technical developments and challenges o reaching commercialization • Airline buyers o what they need from producers o industry demands o supply chain strategies |
