{"id":20317,"date":"2021-12-13T15:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20317"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:03:31","slug":"faa-awards-research-grants-to-build-sustainable-aviation-fuel-supply-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-awards-research-grants-to-build-sustainable-aviation-fuel-supply-chains\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Awards Research Grants to Build Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Transportation Department\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is tapping some of the nation\u2019s top research institutions to build sustainable aviation fuel supply chains in different regions across the United States. More than $1.4 million will go to five universities to undertake the research. Since 2014, the FAA has invested more than $13 million in the effort being conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/ascent.aero\/\">ASCENT<\/a>, the FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSustainable aviation fuels are a critical part of meeting\nour climate goals for aviation, and we want to help that industry grow and\ncreate jobs right here in the U.S.,\u201d said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete\nButtigieg. \u201cThese funds will help build regional supply chains so that\ncommunities across our country &#8211; many of them rural &#8211; feel the economic\nbenefits of producing sustainable aviation fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The universities\u2019 research concentrates on identifying\nregional feedstock that can become sustainable aviation fuel using the region\u2019s\nexisting infrastructure, creating a dependable supply within reach of airport\ndemand. Researchers have and continue to look at other barriers that need to be\neliminated to drive down the cost of sustainable aviation fuel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investment builds on the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s announcement this September of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/09\/09\/fact-sheet-biden-administration-advances-the-future-of-sustainable-fuels-in-american-aviation\/\">Sustainable Aviation Fuels Grand Challenge<\/a>, a government-wide initiative designed to catalyze the production of at least three billion gallons per year by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research teams on this project include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington State University: $412,000<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Examine the potential for retrofitting existing\npulp and paper mills, sugarcane mills, dry corn ethanol plants, and petroleum\nrefineries to enable jet fuel production from forest harvests, waste materials,\nand various crops. <\/li><li>Evaluate supply chains for their ability to\ncreate jobs, aid U.S. industry, and add resiliency to the national liquid fuel\nsupply. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $450,000 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Consider the economic and environmental\nsustainability of a range of fuel pathways, including the co-production of\nsustainable aviation fuel in existing petroleum refineries. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University of Tennessee: $100,000 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Support the development of an industry to\nproduce sustainable aviation fuel using woody biomass feedstock in the Central\nAppalachian Region.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University of Hawaii: $100,000<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Develop a model for tropical oil supply chains\nand assess gasification systems to produce fuel and\/or hydrogen from\nconstruction and demolition landfill waste.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purdue University: $350,000 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Understand the land use impacts of sustainable\naviation fuels on greenhouse gas emissions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s funding is part of $14.4 million in grants to teams at 13 universities across the country to undertake research critical to building a sustainable aviation system. A detailed description of all 35 projects and their associated grant amounts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/about\/office_org\/headquarters_offices\/ang\/grants\/coe\/facts\">can be found here<\/a>. Among these is a new project that builds on a supply chain effort to examine how hydrogen production can be leveraged to produce sustainable aviation fuel with maximum greenhouse gas emission reductions at the lowest possible costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, the U.S. released its first-ever comprehensive Aviation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/us-releases-first-ever-comprehensive-aviation-climate-action-plan-achieve-net-zero\">Climate Action Plan<\/a> to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Earlier this year, the FAA announced more than $100 million in matching grants to increase aircraft efficiency, reduce noise and aircraft emissions, and develop and implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/new-software-capability-gets-planes-rolling-directly-runway-reducing-fuel-burn-taxi-time\">new software<\/a> to reduce taxi delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Transportation Department\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is tapping some of the nation\u2019s top research institutions to build sustainable aviation fuel supply chains in different regions across the United States. More than $1.4 million will go to five universities to undertake the research. 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