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Climate protection in Air and Maritime Transport – Options for Reaching the Climate goals

Objective

The overarching objective of this research project is to identify options for climate-neutral energy supply for aviation and maritime transport that will enable the contributions of both sectors to achieve global, European and national reduction targets. However, competing demands for PtX fuels, e.g. for land transport, will not be evaluated. In addition, concrete proposals will be developed with which instruments and measures these options can be brought to market maturity.

Category
Research

Value-chain step
Policies

Type of pathway
Fischer-Tropsch - Methanol Synthesis

Starting time and duration
Nov 2017 - Nov 2020

Stakeholders
Research, Academia

Regional scope
Regional

Involved countries
Germany, The Netherlands

Status
On-going
Description

A complete switch to carbon neutral fuels by 2050 will require a coordinated and strategic policy approach decades ahead due to the need to update infrastructure, the typical aircraft lifetimes and currently lacking PtX production capacities. This project will therefore look at possible policy packages to achieve this transformation. In developing these packages, different policy instruments as well as the implications for actors, timelines and their impact will be evaluated. A special focus will be put on no-regret short term policies which should be adopted independently of the long-term perspective of the aviation sector.

The type of feedstock involved is renewable power and CO2. The conversion process involved is power to liquid via Fischer-Tropsch or via Methanol Synthesis.

Partners
  • ​Institute for Applied Ecology / Öko-Institut (Germany)
  • CE Delft (The Netherlands)
  • German Aerospace Center / DLR (Germany), on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
Achievements to date
Contact information

Mr. Reinhard Herbener, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), reinhard.herbener@uba.de  

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