The UK could become a world-leading supplier of jet airliner ‘eco’ fuel made from leftover cooking oil and other waste as the West seeks to cut energy supplies from Russia, according to top business leaders. Super-charging efforts to create Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) could deliver billions of pounds to Britain’s economy, boost jobs and help achieve key green targets, say senior industry figures. And if we have an opportunity to get energy security, so that we aren’t reliant on imports, then we must take it. ‘Russia, traditionally, has been one of the main suppliers of fuel into places like Rotterdam where a lot of the aviation fuel used in the UK is refined. It can be produced from waste products such as cooking oil, by converting agricultural and domestic waste into ethanol, or by combining hydrogen with captured carbon.

Source: Daily Mail April 24, 2022 16:26 UTC