Study: Soaring demand for animal fats in SAF 'increasingly unsustainable'

Stuart Stone
clock • 4 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Transport & Environment warns soaring use of lower carbon biofuels in flight and road transport risks creating unsustainable demand for animal fats

Europe's growing use of animal fats as an alternative, lower carbon feedstock for fuelling cars and planes is becoming "increasingly unsustainable", Transport & Environment (T&E) has warned. Fresh research...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Aviation

Friends of the Earth warn Heathrow's third runway would 'blow a hole' in UK's legal climate targets

Friends of the Earth warn Heathrow's third runway would 'blow a hole' in UK's legal climate targets

New analysis warns controversial airport expansion plans would exceed carbon budgets, as campaigners urge government to reject proposals

clock 03 September 2026 • 5 min read
Zero Petroleum touts hydrogen-based jet fuel made from air and water

Zero Petroleum touts hydrogen-based jet fuel made from air and water

Company claims it has developed and validated the chemistry for a 100 per cent replica of Jet A-1 made using carbon dioxide and green hydrogen

clock 27 August 2026 • 3 min read
'World first': Government backs £5m Google AI trial to tackle climate-warming aircraft contrails

'World first': Government backs £5m Google AI trial to tackle climate-warming aircraft contrails

UK government commits £2.6m to 30-month trial to test whether AI-generated 'tweaks' to flight paths can prevent vapour trails from forming

Stuart Stone
clock 18 August 2026 • 3 min read