GLOBAL – Aerospace manufacturer Boeing has announced a renewed partnership with Mitsubishi to innovate carbon-neutral and sustainable solutions.
In a statement released on Monday, Boeing said that they would continue their decades-long association with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) by jointly researching sustainable technologies – including hydrogen, electrification, and sustainable materials for future aircraft design. The agreement will also see them study available technologies for sustainable aircraft fuels (SAFs).
Chief Strategy Officer for MHI, Dr Hitoshi Kaguchi, stated that the company is proud to be partnering with the leading aerospace company.
Chief Sustainability Officer at Boeing, Chris Raymond, showed just as much enthusiasm for the new partnership as they aim to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
There has been much recent discussion in the aviation industry about Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) as companies around the globe announce their intention to examine and develop these said fuels.
But what are they exactly? As explained by a Travel Radar reporter, Tommaso Baliani, SAFs are bio-fuels that have a similar chemical structure to the traditional aviation jet fuel but have 80% lower carbon emissions. Produced by processing used in feedstock, cooking oil and miscellaneous byproducts of many different productions from different industries that process organic products, much like the squirt of ethanol in the E10 you may put in your car.
