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Japan uses cooking oil to combat aviation fuel shortage

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Japan is facing an aviation fuel crisis and is turning to used cooking oil as a sustainable alternative. The "Fry to Fly" project aims to collect cooking oil from consumers to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The country has a goal to source 10% of its airline fuel from sustainable sources by 2030, but current domestic SAF production is significantly below this target due to feedstock scarcity and infrastructure limitations. AI

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Japan uses cooking oil to combat aviation fuel shortage

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    How everyday cooking oil is helping Japan fight an aviation fuel crisis

    Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully ⁠pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her ⁠deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel. “It would take a tremendous amount to make an air…

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