Industry impact and countermeasures for the promotion and application of sustainable aviation biofuel

In order to ensure the sustainable development of the air transport industry and achieve the greenhouse gas reduction targets, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). ICAO has planned to enforce a series of implementation and certification standards under CORSIA framework, which would have a significant impact on China's civil aviation transport, fossil aviation turbine fuel production and application of aviation biofuel (i.e. Bio-SPK) technology development. In view of this new trend, this paper gives an overview of CORSIA and summarizes the basic framework of CORSIA sustainability criteria for sustainable aviation fuels. Then this review briefly introduces the recent progress in the large-scale application of sustainable Bio-SPK in China and abroad. It is analyzed further what potential impacts would be on the related major industries in China. The countermeasures and development suggestions about the CORSIA and promotion of sustainable Bio-SPK are put forward based on the above ones. It is pointed out that sustainable Bio-SPK have become the most important measure to address the global climate change, as well as a fundamental way to realize greenhouse gas reduction targets for China's civil aviation industry. This conclusion shows that China should speed up to develop the national standards and specifications equal to CORSIA sustainability criteria and work together to deal with international negotiations. It is also proposed that China should accelerate the construction and operation of demo-plants for Bio-SPK production, and that all parties of the whole chain have to cooperate with each other to build up a full supply chain including raw materials-refining-transportation-refueling-application. © 2019, Chemical Industry Press. All right reserved.