Embraer’s Aviation Flight to Net Zero Includes Making Its Current Aircraft Portfolio 100% SAF Capable
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir Online) Embraer has announced a package of sustainability initiatives, headlined by a commitment to achieve carbon neutral operations by 2040, and to actively develop electrification, hybrid propulsion, sustainable aviation fuels and “other innovative energy alternatives” to reach net zero emissions by 2050, reports Tony Harrington. The Brazilian manufacturer of regional and corporate jets has pledged to develop products, services and disruptive sustainable technologies, including a zero-emission e-VTOL aircraft by 2026, to progressively decarbonise its activities and its products. It has also highlighted plans to work closely with industry partners, not only to make its current portfolio of aircraft capable of using 100% SAF, but also to collectively expand the global scale of SAF production, which reinforces the global trend towards strategic partnerships in pursuit of more sustainable aviation.
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The company has also signalled plans to fly a hydrogen-powered demonstrator aircraft by 2025, a future source already heavily favoured by Airbus and championed by ventures such as ZeroAvia, in which British Airways is among the stakeholders, and Lufthansa Technik, which is preparing to test ground infrastructure for this source.
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This year, Florida-based Embraer Executive Jets will become the company’s first industrial facility to use SAF regularly in both production and demonstration flights, a natural extension of its participation since 2018 in the Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Jet Fuel to progress the adoption of SAF in business aviation. As part of the initiative, Embraer has announced a collaboration with aviation fuel provider Avfuel to bring Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel to the facility at Melbourne Orlando International Airport. Last month, Avfuel provided a first delivery of approximately 8,000 gallons of the fuel from Neste’s Houston location. READ MORE