New Biden Administration Actions to Spur DoD Use of Advance Sustainable Aviation Fuels

摘要

The Biden administration has instructed the Department of Defense to use funding on initiativesrelated to expanding the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and increasing new and legacyaircraft efficiencies to decrease aviation emissions.The new actions were released by the White House on Sept. 9 and include broad governmentwidemeasures focused on increasing the domestic production and utilization of SAF with thegoal of producing three billion gallons of SAF per year and reducing emissions by 20 percent by2030 while also creating new union jobs. The actions will create a new Sustainable Aviation FuelGrand Challenge, invest up to $4.3 billion in new and ongoing funding to support SAF, increaseresearch and development opportunities to improve aircraft efficiency, boost aircraft traffic andairport efficiency, and work to strengthen U.S. leadership internationally and domestically.