Researchers convert corn waste into sustainable jet fuel Lignin-based jet fuel is cleaner and can replace certain fossil fuel-derived compounds By Skye Jacobs September 30, 2024, 9:43 9 comments.

Lignin-based jet fuel has the potential to make sustainable aviation fuels cleaner and more compatible with jet engines. Due to its density, efficiency, and ability to swell seals, hydrocarbons ...

Washington State University scientists successfully tested a new way to produce sustainable jet fuel from corn and other agricultural waste. Their findings were published in the journal ‘Fuel ...

A company working to create sustainable energy sources is investing in corn to make jet fuel, which it said burns far cleaner ...

Right now, making corn into sustainable aviation fuel is expensive and can even pollute more than gasoline — because it requires more land to be converted for that purpose.

LanzaJet opened the first commercial alcohol-to-jet-fuel factory in Georgia in January 2024 and has buyers secured for all the fuel produced at that facility through 2034. British Airways, one of ...

US Set to Object to Green Jet Fuel Recommendation at UN Aviation Council, Sources Say By Allison Lampert and Oliver Griffin MONTREAL/SAO PAULO (Rtrs) -The U.S. is expected to object this month to ...

As the airline industry decarbonizes, Indiana farmers might be able to take advantage of the need for cleaner aviation fuels. Sustainable aviation fuels could create a new market for Indiana ...

The U.S. is expected to object this month to a recommendation at the UN aviation agency council that Washington says unfairly favors Brazilian corn farmers at the expense of U.S. producers in ...

All the world’s planes consumed roughly 100 billion gallons of jet fuel as they crisscrossed the planet in 2024. Only about 0.5% of it was something other than fossil fuel. That could soon change.

But while non-fossil jet fuel production is ramping up, it’s still just a tiny sliver of the amount used by major U.S. airlines, and costs more than convention fuel.