Project description DEENESFRITPL Alternative aviation fuel research To fulfil the 2015 Paris Agreement goals, the aviation industry should adopt solutions to reduce emissions. Sustainable organic-origin fuels whose life cycle carbon footprint is smaller than the fossil-origin kerosene are widely envisaged as the only short-medium term solution for the aviation industry. The past decade has seen a lot of research and experiments on organic products, with excellent results. However, the new products are submitted to strict certification procedures while their production is costly, with results that cannot compete economically with fossil kerosene at the present oil prices. The EU-funded ALTERNATE project is a Chinese-EU proposal that aims to identify the possibilities for extensive sustainable fuel use in aviation considering new technical areas and production procedures. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective It is widely accepted that the use of sustainable fuels, with a Life-cycle carbon footprint substantially smaller than the present fossil-origin kerosene, is the most promising and probably the only short-medium time measure allowing the aviation industry to reduce its emissions, helping to reach 2015 Paris Agreement targets.During the last 10 years, many tests have been done with different drop-in organic products with high level of success. Present commercial aircraft engines are certified for using a mix of up to 50% of some of these new products. More additional research is still going on the convenience of developing new feedstocks and on their potential climate change impact.The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is now discussing the best way to standardise the Life-cycle Analysis (LCA) of the most readily available products and what is the best certification procedures. This process is needed in order to apply CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), approved in October 2016, intending to stabilize international aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at 2020 levels. However, none of those new organic-origin fuels has proved the means to be produced in an economically competitive way versus fossil kerosene. It is generally accepted that some type of incentive mechanism needs to be implemented to make sustainable fuel attractive for the airlines in addition to the CORSIA and European Trading System provisions. As the result of this Chinese and European cooperation proposal, some possibilities appear for a wider aviation sustainable fuel utilisation, considering both technical and economic areas, including the possible use of more feedstocks and production pathways than the existing ones. New fuel candidates will be evaluated in this project according to improved modelling methods, considering LCA optimization, climate change effects and technical and economic consequences of their use. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuelsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Alternative Jet Fuel Pathways Life Cycle Analysis Air Pollutant Emissions Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme Topic(s) LC-MG-1-6-2019 - Aviation operations impact on climate change (InCo flagship) Call for proposal H2020-MG-2018-2019-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-MG-2019-SingleStage-INEA Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Net EU contribution € 526 347,50 Address CALLE RAMIRO DE MAEZTU 7 EDIFICIO RECTORADO 28040 Madrid Spain See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 526 347,50 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA Spain Net EU contribution € 165 217,50 Address C GRAN CAPITAN, EDIFICI C1, CAMPUS NORD UPC SN 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 165 217,50 AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED Participation ended United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address PEGASUS HOUSE, AEROSPACE AVENUE, FILTON BS34 7PA Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data SAFRAN SA France Net EU contribution € 301 372,50 Address BLVD DU GAL MARTIAL VALIN 2 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 301 372,50 SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS France Net EU contribution € 201 771,25 Address 61 RUE PIERRE CURIE 78370 Plaisir See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 201 771,25 OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES France Net EU contribution € 667 938,38 Address CHEMIN DE LA HUNIERE 91120 Palaiseau See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Essonne Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 667 938,38 IATA ESPANA SL SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL Spain Net EU contribution € 117 825,00 Address PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA 95, 5 28046 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 117 825,00 UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT Belgium Net EU contribution € 295 227,50 Address MARTELARENLAAN 42 3500 Hasselt See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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