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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. ....
British fighter jets and helicopters could be flying into action part-powered by wood, algae and household waste within 30 years, under new emission cutting plans. Aircraft including F-35s, Typhoons and Wildcat helicopters could use up to 50 per cent sustainable fuel sources by 2050, Ministry of Defence (MOD) chiefs hope. Hydrogenated fats and oils, wood waste, alcohols, sugars, household waste, biomass and algae could all be used. It is hoped the bio-fuels will cut CO2 emissions by up to a fifth when substituting 30 per cent of conventional fuel in a jet travelling 1,000 nautical miles - roughly the distance from London to southern Italy. ....