{"id":45970,"date":"2024-04-24T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainability-beat.co.uk\/?p=45970"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:57:58","slug":"wizz-air-aviation-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainability-beat.co.uk\/2024\/04\/24\/wizz-air-aviation-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Poo power: Wizz Air to use bio-fuel made from human waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Could human waste be the key to more eco-friendly travel? One low-cost airline thinks so after it placed an order, potentially worth hundreds of millions of pounds, for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from human waste.<\/p>\n

Budget airline\u00a0Wizz Air <\/a>has ordered up to 525,000 tonnes of waste-based fuel which it plans to use over the next 15 years.<\/p>\n

The SAF has been made by UK startup Firefly, which has devised a process of turning treated sewage into fuel. The business plans to build a pilot refinery in Essex which would take biosolid matter from Anglian Water and turn it into aircraft fuel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Firefly said it expects to start supplying Wizz Air with the SAF by 2028 or 2029.<\/p>\n

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The move by Hungary-based Whizz Air comes amid EU and UK fuel sustainability rules coming into force to drive decarbonisation within the aviation sector.<\/p>\n

By 2035, at least 20% of jet fuel being used within the EU must be SAF, while <\/span>a <\/span>10<\/span>% SAF rule is expected in place across the UK by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to the Guardian, Firefly\u2019s chief operations officer, Paul Hilditch, said converted sewage should be cheaper<\/a> and more plentiful than traditional jet fuel and could provide up to 5% of airlines\u2019 fuel needs in the UK.<\/p>\n

Wizz Air corporate and ESG officer Yvonne Moynihan said the Firefly investment has the potential to reduce the aviation firm’s lifecycle emissions by 100,000 tonnes CO2-eq per year, underscoring Wizz Air’s commitment to “mainstream the use of SAF in our operations by 2030″.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, achieving our aspiration requires a significant ramp-up of SAF production and deployment,” she added.<\/p>\n

“Therefore, we call on policymakers to address barriers to SAF deployment at scale by incentivising production, providing price support and embracing additional sustainable feedstocks for biofuel production.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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