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Alternative Title:
Alternative aviation jet fuel sustainability evaluation report
Corporate Creators:
Futurepast
Corporate Contributors:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy Less -
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Bioenergy
Biofuels
National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969
Alternate Fuels
Aviation Fuels
Biomass Fuels
Environmental Impacts
Life Cycle Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Development

Publication/ Report Number:
DOT-VNTSC-FAA-13-04
Resource Type:
Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:
United States
NTL Classification:
NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Energy and Environment ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Alternative Fuels ;
Abstract:
This report identifies criteria that can be used to evaluate the sustainability of biofuels introduced into the aviation fuel supply chain. It describes the inputs, criteria and outputs that can be used in a sustainability rating system. It identifies two methodological approaches for assessing lifecycle biofuel sustainability from feedstock production to an airport’s fuel tank farm.

The report describes three categories of sustainability principles, criteria and indicators: environmental, social and economic. Elements of rating systems are analyzed, including outputs that can provide useful information to purchasers of aviation biofuel. It concludes with recommendations for policy makers and purchasers of aviation biofuel.

Research for the report revealed a long historical context for the consideration of sustainability by U.S. government policy makers stretching back to the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which itself echoed sentiments prominent in the conservation movements of the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries.


Format:
PDF
Funding:
DTRT57-11-C-10038 ; FA4TC7/LT277
DTRT57-11-C-10038 ; FA4TC7/LT277 Less -
Collection(s):
Volpe
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:1b45e57c4584e1759ba56e2aa366bb7efe4c494bef92529d434769ceaf64f34c
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