#Sustainability20: The very best of New Tech and Aviation Initiatives in 2024
A round-up of our 20 most important stories published here on “Sustainability in the Air” 🎄
For our holiday round-up, we’re presenting our 20 most important stories published here on “Sustainability in the Air”. You can see previous editions of #Sustainability20 here. Happy holidays! 🎄
New Technologies
For aviation to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, an alternative to the current sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) strategy is emerging: combining conventional jet fuel use with direct carbon removal from the atmosphere.
New hybrid-electric EL9 by Virginia-based aviation startup Electra promises to transform air travel with 150-foot takeoffs and 330-mile range.
Lessons from the fall of Universal Hydrogen, once a rising star in sustainable aviation, and its implications for the industry's future.
Ayesha Choudhury, Infinium's SVP of Capital Markets, stresses the importance of bankable offtake agreements and policy support in developing the e-fuels industry.
Clara Bowman, COO of HIF Global, explains how the company wants to harness untapped renewable energy resources to create "a new green oil” via the Methanol-to-Jet pathway.
Equatic, a startup from UCLA's Institute for Carbon Management, is making waves in the battle against climate change with its ocean-based carbon capture technology.
Metafuels’ Aerobrew process offers a potentially more cost-efficient and less resource-intensive method for producing SAF.
Wright Electric's CEO, Jeff Engler, confirms that the Wright Spirit aircraft is on track for certification this decade.
Cultiv8 aims to revolutionise SAF economics by offsetting costs with carbon-negative construction materials.
Silicon Valley startup SpiralWave demonstrates direct CO2-to-methanol technology that could revolutionise SAF production.
Aeon Blue's innovative seawater-to-SAF technology aims to achieve fossil fuel cost parity while removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Explore the emerging technologies shaping 2024:
Aviation Initiatives
40 key charts to understand the past, present and future of sustainable aviation.
With Trump set to become the next US president, there is much anxiety about how his leadership style will impact global aviation. It's not the policies, but the unexpected nature of his executive orders concerning top airline leaders we've been in touch with.
Maria Fiskerud, Project Manager for Nordic Network for Electric Aviation at Heart Aerospace, presents a compelling vision of how the region is catalysing the transition to zero-emission flight.
As one of the world's largest international airlines, Emirates finds itself at a critical juncture, balancing ambitious growth plans with an increasing urgency to address environmental concerns.
A new report by the ICCT says every new aircraft must be net-zero by the mid-2030s
Currently, there are 33 active SAF facilities, with around 130 more announced against a requirement of 300 plants by 2030.
IAG secured one-third of the 2030 SAF target with a major e-fuel deal with Twelve.
Why the industry must demonstrate meaningful decarbonisation efforts and decouple growth from emissions.
Using NASA's LiDAR technology, flight tests will produce 3D images to better characterise contrail formation and behaviour over time.
Read more about the state of the industry in 2024
