SWISS to Become World’s First Airlines to Use Solar Aviation fuel
Highlights:
- Swiss International Air Lines AG (SWISS or Swiss Air Lines) and its parent company, Lufthansa Group have partnered with Switzerland based solar fuels start-up, Synhelion SA (Synhelion) to use its solar aviation fuel.
- Swiss International Airlines will become the first airline to use solar aviation fuel (“sun-to-liquid” fuel) to help power its flights.
- SWISS will become the first customer of solar kerosene in 2023.
- For this, Synhelion has developed a technology for manufacturing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from renewable energy sources.
- When combusted solar fuel will only produce as much CO2 as went into its manufacture, cutting aviation emissions.
- Synhelion is set to build the world’s first facility to industrially produce solar fuel in Julich, Germany.
- The plant will become operational from 2022 onwards.
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