Heathrow Airport Calls for Action to Make Aviation Greener
(BBC) The UK’s busiest airport has warned the country risks falling behind others in making aviation greener. Heathrow Airport has called for the government to help make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) more commercially viable in the UK.
SAF cuts the amount of carbon emissions released during air travel but is currently several times more expensive to produce than traditional fuel.
The government has said it wants five SAF plants under construction by 2025.
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Heathrow runs a scheme which provides SAF to airlines and covers up to half the extra cost through a £38m fund. However, last year only 0.5% of the fuel bought at the airport was through the initiative.
It announced on Tuesday that it aims to triple its SAF usage this year, raising the figure to 1.5%.
But the major airport fears a tax credit scheme in the US designed to lure investors in SAF production has put the UK at risk of missing out.
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Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye called for more government support to encourage greater SAF use.
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He added that although Heathrow had “led the way on decarbonising aviation” with its green aviation fuel scheme, the SAF used by the airport was “currently all imported”.
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A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “The UK’s sustainable aviation fuels programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world. READ MORE
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