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Publish date: May 20, 2011
Written by: Niklas Kalvø Tessem
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The EU plans to include emissions from aviation into the Emissions Trading Scheme, a regional cap and trade system for carbon dioxide emissions in the EU. The extra cost from this for international aviation might add up to up to 1.5 billion euro.
Green fuel = lover costs
One way for aviation companies to avoid extra costs is to add more green jet fuel, in accordance with the results of the EUs pending investigation into the sustainability of biofuel production.
– I am happy to see that the inclusion of aviation into the ETS has a global effect. The Canadian project shows that it is possible to see green opportunities, rather than a narrow focus on increased costs. Still, this of course requires that the project has done a thorough job with securing that the environmental impact from their fuel production is at a minimum, says Tone Knudsen, deputy director of Bellona Europa.
Significant project
The deal with the Ontario government provides Rentec with 1.1 million cubic meter of wood for the refinery in Sault St. Marie.
– This project is significant; it is the largest crown award ever in Ontario. This will be an extremely low-carbon fuel, said Hunt Ramsbottom, Rentech´s chief executive, according to the Star.
With this biomass available, Rentech has enough supply to justify building its refinery, which is planned to be operating by the end of 2015. The renewable jet fuel refinery will be called the Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre and produce more than 85 million litres a year, at an investment cost of C$500 million.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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