The Federal Aviation Administration on Sept. 25 launched a brand new aggressive grant program that, partly, can assist tasks so as to add sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) manufacturing capability to current renewable diesel and ethanol vegetation.Â
The newly launched $300 million funding alternative goals to assist tasks to cut back carbon air pollution from aviation. Roughly $245 million of that funding will assist sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) infrastructure tasks, with $47 million allotted to assist low-emission aviation expertise tasks.Â
The funding is being supplied by the Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition program, which was established by the Inflation Discount Act. The $245 million in accessible FAST-SAF grants will give attention to producing, transporting and mixing SAF with the objective of increase regional SAF provide chains and growing SAF use. The $47 million in accessible FAST-TECH grants will speed up aviation expertise tasks that cut back greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions, enhance airport gasoline effectivity, and improve the utilization of SAF.Â
Eligible entities for this system are broad, together with airports, air carriers, universities, aviation and aerospace firms, state and native governments and nonprofit organizations. The FAA opened a public remark interval associated to the the FAST-SAF and FAST-TECH program earlier this yr.
FAS-SAF grants can assist a variety of tasks associated to SAF manufacturing, SAF transportation, SAF mixing and SAF storage. Funding alternative paperwork printed by the FAA particularly word that FAST-SAF funds can be utilized to assist tasks to improve current gasoline manufacturing amenities to provide SAF; add tools to current renewable diesel vegetation to allow SAF manufacturing; and set up conversion tools at ethanol vegetation to provide SAF by way of an alcohol-to-jet pathway.
Purposes for the FAST-SAF and FAST-TECH packages are due Nov. 27. Further data is accessible on the FAA web site.
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