4:35 pm today

Hopes for sustainable aviation fuel industry to take off in NZ

From Checkpoint, 4:35 pm today

Hopes are high that a sustainable aviation fuel industry will be able to take off in Aotearoa, bringing skilled employment to regional New Zealand - including areas that've lost jobs in recent pulp and timber mill closures. Last year, Air New Zealand lead a study which found New Zealand could make up to 102-million-litres of sustainable aviation fuel or SAF each year, using woodchips and other waste from the forestry industry. That would be enough to save 230,000 tonnes of aviation carbon emissions each year. Luka Forman has more.