18th December 2020 11:40 am 18th December 2020 11:40 am
The Ministry of Defence’s changed aviation fuel standards will allow aircraft to use up to 50 per cent sustainable fuel sources.
F-35 lands onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth (Image: PO Arron Hoare)
MOD aircraft such as F-35s, Typhoons and Wildcat helicopters currently use conventional fuel, with aviation accounting for nearly two thirds of fuel used across defence.
The new standards could lead to a significant reduction in emissions and improve defence’s carbon footprint, allowing for the use of 50 per cent sustainable fuel sources known as ‘drop-ins’ including hydrogenated fats and oils, wood waste, alcohols, sugars, household waste, biomass and algae.