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Honeywell announces tech to turn hydrogen and CO2 into lower-carbon aviation fuel


Honeywell International Inc (HON.O) announced on Wednesday a new technology to produce lower-carbon aviation fuel from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide captured from industry, which can help cut greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, one of the hardest sectors to electrify and decarbonize.
Sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, is typically made using biomass-based feedstocks such as soybean oil and used cooking oil. Honeywell's new technology would combine green hydrogen - produced in electrolyzers from renewable energy and water - and carbon dioxide siphoned off industrial smokestacks to create lower-carbon methanol, which is then turned into fuels including SAF.
Honeywell said its process can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 88% compared with traditional petroleum-based jet fuel. President Joe Biden's administration has targeted 3 billion gallons (11.4 billion liters) of SAF production per year in the U.S. by 2030 as part of its efforts to fight climate change.
"It's exciting because CO2 is available everywhere so you have a universally available feedstock," Lucian Boldea, Honeywell's president of performance materials and technologies, told Reuters in an interview.
SAF is typically two to four times costlier than petroleum-based jet fuel.
"Today (SAF) requires incentives and the regulations to drive it, and then it will require at some point passengers' willingness to pay some," Boldea said.
Honeywell is one of the world's biggest suppliers of aircraft avionics and also supplies small jet engines known as Auxiliary Power Units, used to run electrical and other systems. Its fuel technology announcement adds to a growing number of projects focused around expanding feedstocks for SAF.
It is also the latest in a series of announcements by aerospace companies trying to tackle carbon emissions from aviation, which represents some 2-3% of total emissions. Experts say radical new engine technology will not be available before next decade, meaning the near-term focus is on developing more environmentally friendly fuels.
Honeywell said energy producer HIF Global has signed on as the first company to use its new technology. HIF Global plans to deploy the technology at a facility that will recycle around 2 million tons of captured carbon dioxide to make around 11,000 bpd of SAF by 2030.
The United States produces around 24.7 billion gallons of petroleum-based jet fuel annually.
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Dear Rashid Kamau Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Honeywell and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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This will work miracles in reducing green house gasses
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A great tech to enable clean transport transition.
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lower-carbon aviation fuel, an innovative step towards reducing greenhouse gases in the transportation industry.
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That's good and great too