Air bp to supply Rolls-Royce with SAF by Curt Epstein Air bp has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce that will see it furnish the UK-based engine maker with sustainable aviation fuel to power its engine testing programs. First deliveries of a 10 percent SAF blend will commence in the second quarter to the three Rolls-Royce testing areas in Derby (civil aviation), Bristol (defense), and Dahlewitz, Germany (business aviation). “This agreement delivers on a commitment we made that the fuel for testing and development is a 10 percent sustainable aviation fuel blend by 2023,” said Rolls-Royce president for civil aerospace Chris
Cholerton. “We want to encourage the use of SAF throughout the aviation industry and this agreement is an example of the firm commitments fuel producers require to support their continued production investment.” Air bp will also provide the 100 percent SAF fuel for the first run of Rolls’s UltraFan engine, which will take place later this year. The manufacturer has committed to ensuring that its commercial Trent engines and business jet powerplants are compatible with 100 percent SAF by 2023. The Trent and all of Rolls’s current business aviation engines are certified to run on a blend of up to 50 percent SAF.
Tests of Rolls-Royce engines will be run on an Air bp SAF blend. Air bp’s SAF is derived from SAF production logistics, and end sources such as used cooking oil, customer supply,” explained susand like SAF derived from other tainability director Andreea Moyes. feedstocks, can provide significant “Our ambition is to be the decarlifecycle carbon emission reduc- bonization partner in the aviation tions over conventional jet fuel. industry and we are working at pace “As bp transitions to an inte- to promote SAF availability, accesgrated energy company, we are sibility, and affordability to support leveraging our expertise in the global aviation in realizing its low sourcing of renewable feedstocks, carbon ambitions.”
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