A Embraer He announced on Thursday that he will accelerate studies so that their aircraft can fly with SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) entirely of renewable origin, without mixing with fossil fuels.
The company said in a press release that it bought a lot 100% SAF of the fuel company Vibrateswhich will be used to intensify tests “around the reaction of different materials present in the aircraft during prolonged contact with biofuel”.
“With more this action, we get closer to the goal of having our aircraft able to operate with 100% SAF fuel by 2030,” said Embraer Global Director André Tachard, in the statement. Currently, with a mixture of up to 50% SAF.
The fuel used in the tests by the company in Brazil is imported from the Belgiumsaid Embraer.
According to the Brazilian company, SAF has the potential to reduce carbon emissions in the aerospace industry by 80% before the traditional fuel.
Distant dream
Report of Reuters Published in late August that almost 20 years after the first commercial flight partially fueled with biofuels made the short way from London to Amsterdam, the air sector plans to become “green” before regulators begin to penalize airlines are little more than a distant dream.
Although airlines have announced 165 Projects SAF In the last 12 years, Only 36 were realized, according to data compiled by the Reutersamid systemic challenges that plague the SAF sector.
Of the remaining projects, 23 were abandoned, 27 are late or in indefinite waiting, 31 have not yet produced any fuel and 4 are SAF credit agreements, in which no physical fuel is delivered. For the other 44 projects, the Reuters He has not been able to find any public update since his early announcements.
At the moment, SAF costs three to five times more than aviation fuel and some oil executives argue that airline demand is limited by current prices.
Aviation is responsible for 2.5% of global emissions of gases that warm the planet, such as carbon dioxide.
This number should increase in the face of predictions that air traffic goes more than to bend compared to levels from 2019 to 2050 and fuel use increases 59%, according to the T&E Environmental Defense Group (Transport & Environment).
