航空公司可持续发展市场研究

The global aviation industry is responsible for 12% of carbon emissions from all transports sources and around 2% of all human produce carbon dioxide emissions. Aviation’s share of greenhouse gas emissions will likely grow in the coming years as air travel increases.

航空旅行中可持续能源的兴起

再加上燃料成本不断上涨，航空公司更倾向于使用生物燃料为飞机提供动力。飞机制造商、科学家和学者联合成立了可持续航空燃料用户组织和藻类生物质组织等协会，以开发可持续生物燃料在航空领域的应用。

减少环境足迹

Biofuels represent the most viable means to cut carbon emissions for airlines and remain the key building block in the airline industry’s goal of carbon-neutral growth. There has been much development in designs and material to improve fuel efficiency and other alternative energy sources like solar power remain in initial stages. Biofuels would not require modifications to commercial airplanes; they would just replace the current Jet-A fuel.

Some airlines like KLM, Finnair, and Continental Airlines have used biofuels on commercial flights shortly after international aviation regulators approved the use of biofuels in 2011. Other airlines around the world may likely follow suit.

战略挑战

尽管各大航空公司和制造商都愿意使用生物燃料，但阻碍其广泛使用的最大因素是生物燃料的可用性和成本。航空运输行动小组表示，目前，飞机生物燃料的成本仍是喷气燃料的三到五倍。从商业角度来看，生物燃料行业仍处于起步阶段，制造商可能无法应对日益增长的需求。

Neste Oil the supplier of Lufthansa’s biofuel during its six-month test flights, could not produce the airlines required amount.  Aviation officials urged government during the July 2012 Farnborough Airshow to help implement policies to create a flourishing market in sustainable market in biofuels similar to initiatives that helped alternative fuels in road transport.

生物燃料还会带来生态问题。种植生物燃料作物对土地的需求给贫穷国家的农业带来了额外压力，并可能取代现有的自然栖息地。人们还担心，烧毁森林和草原种植燃料作物会产生额外的碳排放。

机会

There have also been concerns that using crops like sugar cane and corn to create biofuels could push food prices higher following the poor harvest in growing regions. To counter that assertion, airlines may have to look at second-generation fuels using non-food crops like camelina and jatropha. The industry is also investigating ways to develop aviation fuel from municipal waste, of which lack of supply may not be a problem as the megacities around the world can produce millions of tons of organic waste to convert into biofuels.

The aviation industry is increasingly seeing potential in biofuels but the widespread adoption of biofuels still faces many challenges, more testing, and government support before jet fuel consumption can be reduced.

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