Conidia Discusses Testing Kits Plus 3 Steps For Cleaner Aviation Fuel

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Conidia reached out today to discuss testing kits, as well as the 3 steps that they believe will lead to the development and regulation of a much cleaner form of aviation fuel

Conidia Bioscience reached out today to discuss a subject they’re very familiar with: aviation fuel. Conidia believes that there are three major steps to cleaner aviation fuel:


– A shift in economics


– Defining sustainable fuel


– Deeper regulation


First off is the economics. The sheer number of refineries that currently exists for crude oil and petroleum products is gigantic and on a massive global scale. Whereas, there is much less global trade in biorefineries and biofeedstock. This puts any emerging sustainable fuel at a disadvantage from both an input-cost and capital efficiency perspective.


What will level this off though, is more policy support for non-crude based, renewable carbon feedstocks. Introduction of policy will enable a more robust supply chain, and bring the total cost of producing SAF and SMF to a short or medium-term price range.


Next, we need to establish an accepted definition of sustainable fuel. For example, arguments already exist that fossil-based aviation fuels have varying levels of greenhouse gas emissions (the varying factors being the type of crude oil and how it’s processed). This alone gives merit in exploring ways to reduce emissions, since fossil fuels will remain at the forefront of the component list when it comes to aviation fuel, at least for the foreseeable future.


Fossil fuels are more susceptible to microbial contamination, which can lead to some pretty nasty aircraft problems, especially if left untreated. Luckily, fuel can be tested for microbes. For more information about this, see the following website: https://conidia.com


Finally, cleaner fuel is going to have to come with a price: tougher regulations from national and global regulatory frameworks. Industry leaders and experts need to converge in order to improve the common understanding of sustainability.


There have been some advancements in this idea, through the likes of CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF)’s categorization, which basically lays out boundary conditions for aviation fuels. Under CEF, manufacturers can participate in the aviation carbon marketplace.


Life would be easier if we could harness the two most abundant greenhouse gases within our atmosphere (carbon dioxide and methane) without exhausting more carbon-based energy, since the amount of greenhouse gasses that are actually utilised in the production process is minimal compared to clean aviation fuel production. All non-carbon sustainable energy solutions (such as hydrogen and solar), should continue to have investment potential within these sectors as well.

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