CORSIA: The first internationally adopted approach to calculate life-cycle GHG emissions for aviation fuels

Prussi, Matteo; Lee, Uisung; Wang, Michael; Malina, Robert; Valin, Hugo; Taheripour, Farzad; Velarde, César; Staples, Mark D.; Lonza, Laura; Hileman, James I.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111398

CORSIA: The first internationally adopted approach to calculate life-cycle GHG emissions for aviation fuels

Journal Article · Sat Aug 14 04:00:00 EDT 2021 · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111398· OSTI ID:1847645

^[1]; ^[2]; Wang, Michael ^[2]; Malina, Robert ^[3]; ^[4]; Taheripour, Farzad ^[5]; Velarde, César ^[6]; ^[7]; Lonza, Laura ^[8]; Hileman, James I. ^[9]

European Commission, Ispra (Italy). Joint Research Centre
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Hasselt Univ., Diepenbeek (Belgium)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg (Austria)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
SENASA/Aviation Safety & Security Agency (AESA), Madrid (Spain)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)
Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC (United States)

The aviation sector has grown at a significant pace in recent years, and despite improvements in aircraft efficiency, the sector's impact on climate change is a growing concern. To address this concern, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) established the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) to help reduce aviation greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper presents a methodology agreed by the 193 ICAO member states to evaluate the life-cycle GHG emissions of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), in the CORSIA system. The core life-cycle assessment and induced land use change values of SAFs are presented to determine the GHG savings of certified pathways. The paper aims to present that a number of SAFs can yield significant life-cycle emission reductions compared to petroleum-derived jet fuel. This implies the potentially major role of SAFs in reducing aviation's carbon footprint.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; Federal Aviation Administration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1847645

Journal Information:: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal Name: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol. 150; ISSN 1364-0321

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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