'Clean jet fuel of the future': EU urged to ramp up e-kerosene ambition

Cecilia Keating
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With the right policies, Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about five million tonnes of CO2, a new analysis finds

Calls are mounting for the European Union to increase its targets for the production of e-kerosene, the low carbon aviation fuel produced using green hydrogen and direct air capture technologies. An...

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