A new aviation company has developed a type of jet fuel made entirely from human sewage.
Chemists at a lab in Gloucestershire have turned the waste into kerosene.
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant.”
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant.”
Firefly’s team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel’s life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly’s fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel.
Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it “has no fossil carbon, it’s a fossil-free fuel”.
Across the world, flying contributes around 2% of global carbon emissions, which contribute to climate change.
It is a small fraction, but growing fast. And taking carbon out of aviation is one of the hardest challenges.
A new aviation company has developed a type of jet fuel made entirely from human sewage.
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant.”
Chemists at a lab in Gloucestershire have turned the waste into kerosene.
Firefly’s team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel’s life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly’s fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel.
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant.”
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant.”
Firefly’s team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel’s life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly’s fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel.
Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it “has no fossil carbon, it’s a fossil-free fuel”.
Across the world, flying contributes around 2% of global carbon emissions, which contribute to climate change.
It is a small fraction, but growing fast. And taking carbon out of aviation is one of the hardest challenges.
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