Innventia coordinates project to turn lignin into aviation fuel
The project LignoJet, which Innventia coordinates, is a Swedish-Brazilian collaboration with partial financing from Vinnova concerning the establishment of lignin as raw material for bio-based jet fuel.
The project includes, among others, the Brazilian pulp producer Fibria and Swedish Karlstad airport, where Europe's first permanent station for bio-based jet fuel is installed. In Värmland is also LignoBoost Demo, Innventia demonstration plant where large pilot test will be conducted. The project also involved Valmet and SP Process Development as partners.
The aviation industry is committed to reducing its environmental impact and has set ambitious targets to achieve carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and to reduce CO2 emissions from 2005 to 2050 by 50 percent. Future fuels for aviation must be based on renewable raw materials but for them to be able to compete with fossil fuels, they must be produced cost efficiently.