An Air France plane operated with sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) is refuelled earlier than its first flight from Nice to Paris at Nice airport, France, October 1, 2021.
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An Indian authorities notification on April 17 tapped ethanol to make Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Aviation has been onerous to decarbonise as a result of plane can’t use batteries or hydrogen at business scale but, leaving SAF to be the first option to adjust to worldwide emissions frameworks.
To be usable in jet engines, nevertheless, ethanol is topic to a course of known as alcohol-to-jet (ATJ). It is dehydrated, has its hydrocarbon chains lengthened, and hydrogenated.
Published – April 24, 2026 03:39 pm IST
