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Sustainable Aviation Fuels, with Zia Abdullah

Published: Aug. 6, 2022, midnight

In this week\u2019s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Zia Abdullah, a program manager at the US Department of Energy\u2019s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Abdullah and Hayes discuss what sustainable aviation fuels are made of, how they are refined and manufactured, and how they compare to traditional jet fuel. Abdullah also discusses the challenges in store for the United States in reaching the federal government\u2019s sustainable aviation fuel production goals for 2030.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cClimate Friendly Jet Fuel: 3 Strategies for Accelerating its Production\u201d by Zia Abdullah; https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/articles/climate-friendly-jet-fuel-3-strategies-accelerating-its-production\n\n\u201cThe economic outlook for converting CO\u2082 and electrons to molecules\u201d by Zhe Huang, R. Gary Grim, Joshua A. Schaidle, and Ling Tao; https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ee/d0ee03525d