The impact of advanced biofuels on aviation emissions and operations in the U.S.

Abstract

The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change combines cutting-edge scientific research with independent policy analysis to provide a solid foundation for the public and private decisions needed to mitigate and adapt to unavoidable global environmental changes. Being data-driven, the Program uses extensive Earth system and economic data and models to produce quantitative analysis and predictions of the risks of climate change and the challenges of limiting human influence on the environment-essential knowledge for the international dialogue toward a global response to climate change.To this end, the Program brings together an interdisciplinary group from two established MIT research centers: the Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR). These two centers-along with collaborators from the Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL) at Woods Hole and short-and longterm visitors-provide the united vision needed to solve global challenges.At the heart of much of the Program's work lies MIT's Integrated Global System Model. Through this integrated model, the Program seeks to: discover new interactions among natural and human climate system components; objectively assess uncertainty in economic and climate projections; critically and quantitatively analyze environmental management and policy proposals; understand complex connections among the many forces that will shape our future; and improve methods to model, monitor and verify greenhouse gas emissions and climatic impacts.This reprint is one of a series intended to communicate research results and improve public understanding of global environment and energy challenges, thereby contributing to informed debate about climate change and the economic and social implications of policy alternatives.

Spatial Econometric Analysis of the Effect of Government Governance on Regional Emission Reduction: Evidence from China

“…Xiao et al (2013) showed that the direct impact of local government spending on CO 2 emissions was significantly negative in China [31]. Fritzsche and Jeff (2013) described a revision of the 2002 greenhouse gas emission reduction expenditure estimates made by Canadian businesses [32] , and Galinato and Galinato (2016) also found that government's public expenditure has a negative effect on carbon emissions [33][34][35][36][37].…”

Decision Support System for Selecting Sustainable Alternatives to Conventional Jet Fuel: Impact of Emissions, Production Costs and Carbon Pricing

“…However, the large-scale deployment of aviation biofuels from pathways suited for aviation faces significant challenges. Examples include high production costs and the challenges of integrating aviation biofuels into regulatory regimes (Carriquiry, Du, & Timilsina, 2011;Carter, Stratton, Bredehoeft, & Hileman, 2011;Gegg, Budd, & Ison, 2014), feedstock availability and scaling-up issues (U.S. Department of Energy [DOE], 2011;Seber et al, 2014), the socio-economic and environmental consequences of large-scale changes in land use and competition with food and feed needs (Searchinger et al, 2008;Kretschmer, Narita, & Peterson, 2009;Serra & Zilbermann, 2013), the amount of water associated with biomass cultivation (Scown, Horvath, & McKone, 2011;Staples et al, 2013), and the scaling-up time required for growing biomass and building conversion facilities (Richard, 2010;Winchester, Malinab, Staples, & Barrett, 2014).…”

Air transport innovations: a perspective article

“…More and more, air transport sustainability will become a real issue to be tackled appropriately, in which both aircraft manufacturers and airlines will join efforts to mitigate environmental impacts (Gohardani & Singh, 2011;Lee & Mo, 2011, Mousavi & Bossink, 2017. Renewable energy and biofuels are prominent technologies which will be mass-adopted in the 2030s, including biomass and cellulosic biofuel, and a reduction of (or zero) waste materials to achieve carbon-neutral growth, and to reduce the aviation GHG emissions (Winchester et al, 2015;IATA, 2011). In the 2030s and 2040s, new materials are likely to promote significant progress for aircraft development and products.…”