Abstract
<p>In recent times, there has been a growing trend by airports and airlines to use aviation biofuel as an environment sustainability measure. Using an instrumental qualitative case study research design, this paper examines the evolution of sustainable aviation fuels at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Oslo Airport Gardermoen was the first airport in the world to offer the first airport in the world to offer aviation biofuels to all airlines in 2016. The qualitative data were examined by document analysis. The study found that the use of sustainable aviation biofuels has delivered tangible environmental benefits to Oslo Gardermoen Airport. The usage of aviation biofuels has enabled the airport, and the airlines using sustainable aviation biofuels, to reduce their greenhouse gases by 10-15%. Also, as part of Norway’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Norwegian Government have mandated that the aviation fuel industry must mix 0.5% advanced biofuel into jet fuel from 2020 onwards. Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment’s goal is that by 2030, 30% of the airline fuel will be sustainable in nature and will have a positive climate effect. Avinor, the operator of Norway’s airports, has a goal that by 2030, 30 % of aviation fuel supplied in Norway should be sustainable biofuel – this follows the Norwegian government’s mandate.</p>
Highlights
Airports play a highly significant role in the global air transport value chain, acting as the interface point between the surface-based and air transport modes [1]
Oslo Airport Gardermoen was the first airport in the world to offer aviation biofuels to all airlines serving the airport
4.1 A Brief Overview of Oslo Airport Gardermoen Oslo opened a new airport at Gardermoen, a redundant military airfield, in 1998 replacing the bustling, compact Oslo Fornebu Airport
Summary
Airports play a highly significant role in the global air transport value chain, acting as the interface point between the surface-based and air transport modes [1]. Assessment of Aviation Biofuels Usage at Oslo Airport Gardermoen increasingly moved towards making concerted attempts to reduce their respective carbon “footprints” [2]. For example, Brisbane International Airport, Oslo Airport Gardermoen and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, are increasingly focusing on the provision of bio-fuels as an environmental sustainability measure. One of the promising developments in the aviation fuel field is the development of liquid biofuels [19]. Unlike conventional jet fuel which is refined from crude oil [19], aviation biofuels are produced by chemically processing biomass (plant starches and sugars) to create a liquid energy source. Aviation biofuels that are presently undergoing flight testing with the major airlines throughout the world have been produced from a range of feedstocks and biomass including jatropha, coconuts, algae, domestic refuse, woodchips, and camelina (an edible green shrub) [19]
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