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UK transitioning to biomass fuels.
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Caroline Delbert
Tue, December 15, 2020, 9:22 AM EST·3 min read
From Popular Mechanics
The U.K. will replace up to 30 percent (or 50 percent!) of fighter jet fuel with biomass.
This fits into the larger U.K. goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
Biofuels are made from discarded cooking oil, processed waste products, and much more.
The U.K.’s Ministry of Defense has announced an ambitious plan to replace up to 50 percent of certain fleet jets’ fuel with renewable, recycled “drop-in” fuel sources. This includes the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, as well as the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat military helicopter.
Jet fuel is “basically highly refined kerosene,” It Still Runs explains. But that’s a matter of habit more than a strict requirement—there are great incentives to use this fuel, not reasons we must use it. Kerosene is less volatile than gasoline, for example. And jet fuel comes in the same range of quality, additives or not, and other factors that gasoline does.
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Caroline Delbert
Tue, December 15, 2020, 9:22 AM EST·3 min read
From Popular Mechanics
The U.K. will replace up to 30 percent (or 50 percent!) of fighter jet fuel with biomass.
This fits into the larger U.K. goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
Biofuels are made from discarded cooking oil, processed waste products, and much more.
The U.K.’s Ministry of Defense has announced an ambitious plan to replace up to 50 percent of certain fleet jets’ fuel with renewable, recycled “drop-in” fuel sources. This includes the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, as well as the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat military helicopter.
Jet fuel is “basically highly refined kerosene,” It Still Runs explains. But that’s a matter of habit more than a strict requirement—there are great incentives to use this fuel, not reasons we must use it. Kerosene is less volatile than gasoline, for example. And jet fuel comes in the same range of quality, additives or not, and other factors that gasoline does.