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Refueling an Airbus A320 with biofuel in 2011. An aviation biofuel (also known as bio-jet fuel, [1] sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) or bio-aviation fuel (BAF) [2]) is a biofuel used to power aircraft.
A low-carbon economy (LCE) is an economy which absorbs as much greenhouse gas as it emits. [2] Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to human activity are the dominant cause of observed climate change since the mid-20th century. [3]
Avgas (aviation gasoline), or aviation spirit, is used by small aircraft, light helicopters and vintage piston-engined aircraft.Its formulation is distinct from the conventional gasoline (UK: petrol) used in motor vehicles, which is commonly called mogas or autogas in aviation context. [4]
Economic analysis of climate change is an umbrella term for a range of investigations into the economic costs around the effects of climate change, and for preventing or softening those effects.
Second-generation biofuels, also known as advanced biofuels, are fuels that can be manufactured from various types of non-food biomass.Biomass in this context means plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Price of CO 2 in the EU Emissions Trading System Price of CO 2 in the EU Emissions Trading System. The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a carbon emission trading scheme (or cap and trade scheme) that began in 2005 and is intended to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon using a flying boom. Aerial refueling (), or aerial refuelling (), also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
Under EU law, it has been possible to tax jet fuel nationally and between Member States since 2003. [4] However, as of August 2019, the only EU country to have done so is the Netherlands, which taxed commercial jet fuel from 2005-2011 on domestic flights only. [5]