Print Email Facebook Twitter European Union's biomass availability for Sustainable Aviation Fuel production and potential GHG emissions reduction in the aviation sector Title European Union's biomass availability for Sustainable Aviation Fuel production and potential GHG emissions reduction in the aviation sector: An analysis using GIS tools for 2030 Author Chandrasekaran, S. (TU Delft BT/Biotechnology and Society) Salah, Nora B. (Student TU Delft) Posada Duque, J.A. (TU Delft BT/Biotechnology and Society) Date 2023 Abstract To be the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, the European Union (EU) should decarbonize the aviation sector. According to the ReFuel initiative, sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are crucial in reducing carbon emissions from the sector. The Clean Sky 2 program by the EU commission, shortlisted four promising technologies - hydro-processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA), Fischer–Tropsch (FT), fast pyrolysis (FP), and alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) for the production of SAFs from bio-based sources. This study addresses the potential of these four technologies to reduce net and total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the aviation sector. With a focus on mapping feedstock availability in 33 European countries for meeting the national demand in 2030. The investigation identified the best pathway combinations for each country, having the highest GHG emissions reduction while satisfying fuel demand when considering different degrees of biomass competition. Without any political and economic barriers to SAF production and biomass competition, we estimated a sufficient biomass supply exists to support the European SAF demand across all forecasted scenarios in 2030. Subject biomass conversionGIS toolsGreenhouse gases emissionSustainable aviation fuels To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8190b8ff-05d0-448b-ad35-102e87a0b7e2 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50487-X Publisher Elsevier Embargo date 2024-02-01 ISBN 978-0-443-15274-0 Source Computer Aided Chemical Engineering Series Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 1570-7946, 52 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2023 S. Chandrasekaran, Nora B. Salah, J.A. Posada Duque Files PDF 1_s2.0_B97804431527405048 ... X_main.pdf 1.53 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8190b8ff-05d0-448b-ad35-102e87a0b7e2/datastream/OBJ/view