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Journal article
Quantitative Policy Analysis for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Technologies
Frontiers in energy research, Vol.9
12/08/2021
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/118510
Appears in Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT)
Abstract
This paper quantifies the impact of different policy options on the economic viability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production technologies. The pathways considered include isobutanol to jet from corn grain, hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) from inedible fats and oils, HEFA from palm fatty acid distillate, synthesized iso-paraffins from sugarcane, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) gasification and synthesis from municipal solid waste, and micro FT from wood residues. The policies considered include feedstock subsidies, capital grants, output based incentives, and two policies intended to reduce project risk. Stochastic techno-economic analysis models are used to quantify the policies' impact on project net present value and minimum selling price of the middle distillate fuel products. None of the technology pathways studied are found to be financially viable without policy aid. The median total policy costs required for economic viability range from 35 to 337 million USD per production facility, or 0.07-0.71 USD/liter. Our results indicate that the cumulative impact of multiple policies, similar in magnitude to analogous real-world fuel policies, could result in economically viable SAF production.
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- Title
- Quantitative Policy Analysis for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Technologies
- Creators
- Z. Juju Wang - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMark D. Staples - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWallace E. Tyner - Purdue University West LafayetteXin Zhao - Purdue University West LafayetteRobert Malina - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHakan Olcay - University of HasseltFlorian Allroggen - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySteven R. H. Barrett - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in energy research, Vol.9
- Academic Unit
- Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT); Alternative Jet Fuel
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media Sa
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grants
- 13-C-AJFF-MIT-048, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA13-C-AJFF-MIT-058, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA
- Grant note
- 13-C-AJFE-MIT / FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Office of Environment and Energy through ASCENT
- Identifiers
- 99900898132301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article