The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a goal that one billion gallons of renewable jet fuel is consumed by the US aviation industry each year from 2018. We examine the economic and emissions impacts of this goal using renewable fuel produced from a Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) process from renewable oils. Our approach employs an economy-wide model of economic activity and energy systems and a detailed partial equilibrium model of the aviation industry. If soybean oil is used as a feedstock, we find that meeting the aviation biofuel goal in 2020 will require an implicit subsidy from airlines to biofuel producers of $2.69 per gallon of renewable jet fuel. If the aviation goal can be met by fuel from oilseed rotation crops grown on otherwise fallow land, the implicit subsidy is $0.35 per gallon of renewable jet fuel. As commercial aviation biofuel consumption represents less than 2% of total fuel used by this industry, the goal has a small impact on the average price of jet fuel and carbon dioxide emissions. We also find that, under the pathways we examine, the cost per tonne of CO[subscript 2] abated due to aviation biofuels is between $50 and $400.
Economic and emissions impacts of renewable fuel goals for aviation in the US
2013
Winchester, Niven, Dominic McConnachie, Christoph Wollersheim, and Ian A. Waitz. “Economic and Emissions Impacts of Renewable Fuel Goals for Aviation in the US.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 58 (December 2013): 116–128.
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Economic and emissions impacts of renewable fuel goals for aviation in the US
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