{"id":83759,"date":"2017-08-27T23:15:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9fe8597cc255a064c1bc1efc616023d4"},"modified":"2017-08-27T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T23:15:15","slug":"news-story-planes-fuelled-by-waste-could-take-off-from-british-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83759","title":{"rendered":"News story: Planes fuelled by waste could take off from British airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>As part of plans to promote clean alternative fuels, the government is offering funding for projects in the <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> to develop low carbon waste-based fuels for planes and lorries, with matching funding from industry.<\/p>\n<p>The government is already planning to revolutionise the motor industry with ultra-low emission electric cars, and now we are going further and investing in a new generation of fuels which will power our aircraft and lorries.<\/p>\n<p>Trials of sustainable jet fuel, made from waste materials, have taken place in Europe and North America, and now the launch of a <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> competition will see British experts conduct pioneering research in this sector.<\/p>\n<p>The department has already had interest from more than 70 groups in bidding for the funding.<\/p>\n<p>The new fuels are chemically very similar to conventional fuels, so can be used in existing aircraft without the need for any engine modifications.<\/p>\n<p>The low carbon transport fuels made from waste materials could be worth \u00a3600 million a year to the British economy by 2030, and could also support up to 9,800 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Minister Jesse Norman said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are committed to cutting carbon emissions and promoting new environmentally-friendly fuels that will help us meet that goal.<\/p>\n<p>We are making funding available to innovative businesses which will lead the way in developing alternative fuels that are efficient, sustainable and clean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We want every new car and van in the <abbr title=\"United Kingdom\">UK<\/abbr> to be zero emission by 2040, but we know lorries and aeroplanes will rely on more traditional fuels for years to come so we must promote environmentally friendly alternatives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Planes could take off from the UK using alternative fuels made from rubbish.\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/66673\/960-aviation-future-fuels.png\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The \u00a322 million fund could help us deliver up to 5 new low carbon fuel plants by 2021. The money is available to projects that will produce low carbon waste-based fuels, to be used in planes and lorries where it is not viable today to switch to electric power, because of the large weight of the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Planes and lorries powered by waste fuels could use up to 90% less carbon than traditional fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/future-fuels-for-flight-and-freight-competition-feasibility-study\">Future fuels for flight and freight<\/a> competition is part of the government\u2019s \u2018Modern industrial strategy\u2019, which sets out to support evolving industries with the potential to boost the economy.<\/p>\n<p>The government is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, and transport emissions must be slashed if we are to meet that target.<\/p>\n<p>Biofuels made from waste products could be even more sustainable than current crop-based biofuels, already used in some road-based vehicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_1015\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Aviation and maritime media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Media enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3021\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours media enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Switchboard<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planes could take off from British airports using fuels made from rubbish that gets sent to landfill, under a new government scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}