Globally, save for the few developed to give the energy density required years of the pandemic, air travel is expected to for most commercial flights in the timescale continue to grow in the future, increasing the available to reach net zero by 2050. [...] Net ZeRo AVIAtIoN FUeLs – PoLICY BRIeFING 11 Mass of fuel used (kg) ChAPteR oNe 1.2 UK and International targets The international scene for the usage of fuels The UK Government recognises the need contributing to ‘net zero CO2’ is dominated for low emission aviation fuels usage in the by the activities of the relevant UN agency, short, medium, and long term as a part of UK the International Civil. [...] To do this • Using the yields of biomass production, we an estimate of the resources required to cover can calculate the amount of land needed the demand for jet fuel has been calculated to produce the total amount of fuel used in when scaled to UK usage for one year. [...] Therefore, 2.1 Biofuels for aviation: the amount of land needed to produce the scaling and resource availability required 12.3 million tonnes is 68% of the total 2.1.1 Energy crops: oil seed rape, miscanthus agricultural land in the UK and poplar To assess the feasibility of replacing the 12.3 Rapeseed, as an oil crop, has the best million tonnes of jet fuel currently consumed conversion efficienc. [...] amount of jet fuel used in the UK using rapeseed as feedstock: In all three example feedstocks, the amount • The amount of biomass required is calculated of land needed to replace all the UK’s aviation using the values of the total amount of jet fuel fuel is over 50% of that available in the UK used, divided by the yield of conversion from for agriculture.
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