Sustainable aviation fuel: what does it mean for airport expansion?
Author(s)
Eastham, Sebastian
Type
Report
Abstract
This background briefing explores the topic of ‘sustainable aviation fuels’ (or SAFs), including their history, why they have been slow to scale-up, which cost and resource barriers will persist, and why SAFs are unlikely to be the game-changer that many are hoping for when it comes to solving the climate change questions raised by Heathrow expansion.
Date Issued
2025-06-09
Citation
2025
Publisher
Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This licence permits all or part of the work to be copied and shared with others, provided that the original authors and source are credited. The full licence is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Subjects
Climate change
Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Publication Status
Published