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Alternative Jet Fuels Federal Aviation Administration Overview – U.S. FAA By: Maria A. DiPasquantonio FAA Senior Representative to the European Union U.S. Mission to the European Union Date: September 27, 2017

U.S. R&D Approach • Focus on Alternative Jet Fuels (AJF) that are “drop-in” fuels • Emphasize public-private-academia partnerships • Work across the entire supply chain with all stakeholders – feedstock, logistics, transport, conversion, distribution & end use • Identify key feedstock, conversion, & end use combinations – Local & regional – there are many diverse solutions – Cost effective – Sustainable (environmental, economic, social) • Combine multiple government investments to address challenges across the supply chain • Encourage open information sharing and cooperation • Prioritize international coordination Federal Aviation 2 Administration

FAA Alternative Jet Fuel Activities • Testing § Support Cert/Qual testing § Improve Cert/Qual process § Emissions measurements • Analysis § Environmental sustainability § Techno-economic analysis § Future scenarios • Coordination § Interagency § Public-Private § State & Regional § International Federal Aviation 3 Administration

Testing: Status of Alternative Jet Fuel Approvals • Since 2009 five fuels included in the ASTM International alternative jet fuel specification (D7566) • Lipids, sugars and biomass feedstocks • Six fuels under active evaluation; more anticipated Federal Aviation 4 Administration

Analysis: Aviation Sustainability CENTer (ASCENT) Lead Universities: • Washington State University (WSU)* • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Core Universities: • Boston University (BU) • Georgia Institute of Technology (Ga Tech) • Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) • Oregon State University (OSU)* • Pennsylvania State University (PSU)* • Purdue University (PU)* • Stanford University (SU) • University of Dayton (UD) • University of Hawaii (UH)* • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)* • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) • University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) • University of Tennessee (UT)* • University of Washington (UW)* • Denotes USDA NIFA AFRI-CAP Leads and Participants &Sun Grant School ASCENT Website: http://ascent.aero Federal Aviation 5 Administration

Coordination: Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) • Public-Private coalition for commercial aviation to engage the emerging alternative fuels industry • Enable development of alt jet fuels: – Equivalent safety/performance (drop-in) – Comparable cost – Environmental improvement – Security of Energy supply • State and Regional Support • International Cooperation Federal Aviation 6 Administration

Coordination: U.S. Agency Efforts Across the Supply Chain Conversion Fuel Testing / Approval Feedstock Feedstock Fuel End User/ Enable Process Scale- Production Logistics Conversion Buyer Production Fuel Performance | Environment Assmt up/Integration FAA, Agriculture, Airlines: FAA & Agriculture: Biomass Crop Agriculture Energy & Defense, & Navy, & fuel Defense: Assistance Program & Crop & Energy: Defense: NASA: Energy: purchases C/Q Fuel Insurance Program R&D grants R&D grants Enviro Defense testing Analysis Production Defense: Act and Agriculture: Feedstock Farm to Biorefinery Development Center Grants Fleet Program EPA: Energy: FAA: Renewable R&D Guidance Fuel for Airports Standard All: Federal Alternative Jet Fuel R&D Strategy Agriculture, Energy, FAA: Farm to Fly 2.0 Federal Aviation 7 Administration

Coordination: International Efforts CEMALA C Credit: IATA Alternative Fuels Roadmap BBP Federal Aviation 8 Administration

Where We Stand Today • Commercial flights on SAJF are taking place • 1.1 million gallons in 2016 from one commercial producer, one demonstration U.S. Alternative Jet Fuel Procurements 1 United Airlines & Altair Fuels Gulfstream & Altair Fuels Alaska Airlines & Gevo Inc. Notes: Federal Aviation 9 1. Based on voluntarily reported data from Airlines for America (A4A), Department of Administration Defense (Defense Logistics Agency, DLA-Energy) and Gulfstream Inc.

Where We are Going: AJF Purchase Agreements Federal Aviation Administration

Next Steps Ø Continue Testing, Analysis and Coordination work Ø Continue to support the approval process of alternative fuel pathways through ASTM International Ø Evaluate regional alternative jet fuel supplies to identify the key barriers to the development and deployment of ‘drop-in’ AJFs Ø Quantify the economic and environmental benefits of AJF at local, regional and global levels Federal Aviation 11 Administration

Maria A. DiPasquantonio FAA Senior Representative to the European Union U.S. Mission to the European Union Email: maria.dipasquantonio@faa.gov Nate Brown Alternative Jet Fuel Project Manager Office of Environment and Energy Federal Aviation Administration Email: nathan.brown@faa.gov Federal Aviation Administration