From June, aircraft at Munich Airport can be refueled with kerosene that is no longer obtained purely from crude oil.
This is behind it:
Airport - Aviation is often criticized as a climate killer.
It is also (more) sustainable - with appropriate fuels that are no longer just refined from crude oil.
The so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” (SAF) technology is still in its infancy.
Their production is complex and expensive, and enormous quantities have to be produced.
A first step in this direction is now being taken at Munich Airport.
From June 1st, “green kerosene” will be used for the first time.
“After a detailed technical examination, the tank farm at the airport will open for climate-friendly fuels,” announced FMG press officer Ingo Anspach.
"This means that sustainable fuels can now be delivered, stored and refueled at the airport, provided they meet the relevant quality criteria for the jet fuel Jet-A1," the spokesman continued.
In the tank farm, which is supplied with fuel by various mineral oil companies on behalf of the airlines, deliveries of SAF blends, i.e. conventional kerosene with an admixture of green fuels, are also permitted.
The proportion of admixture will be 35 percent.
FMG is the owner of the tank infrastructure, which stretches from the tank farm through an underfloor pipeline system of around 17 kilometers to the aircraft parking positions.
The tank terminal is operated by Skytanking Munich GmbH, which is responsible for quality control of the fuel supplied and, together with other providers of tank services, is operationally responsible for refueling the aircraft.
The SAF fuels used today are mostly obtained from biomass, ie from renewable raw materials, so-called “biomass-to-liquid fuels (BtL).
But technically that's just the beginning.
In the future, fully synthetic kerosene will also be available on the market, so-called “power-to-liquid fuels” (PtL), which are produced through electrolysis using water, CO2 and renewable electricity. Even if the same amount of CO2 emissions are released when burning SAF as with fossil kerosene, the decisive improvement results in the production process itself: CO2 is required for production, which is almost completely converted into fuel in this process. According to FMG spokesman Anspach, “this in turn means that the CO2 emissions from SAF can be reduced by 70 to 100 percent compared to conventional kerosene, depending on the efficiency of the production systems”.
“With this innovation, we are enabling airlines to reduce their CO2 emissions.
Green fuels will play a key role on the way to a complete decarbonization of air traffic, ”emphasizes airport manager Jost Lammers.
He is convinced that "the share of these sustainable fuels in total energy consumption in aviation will continue to increase in the years to come".
The chairman of the supervisory board of FMG, Bavaria's finance minister Albert Füracker, sees the opening of the tank systems for alternative fuels as a future-oriented course: "Bavaria's air traffic hub is sending a clear signal for sustainability and climate protection in air traffic." He hopes that as many airlines as possible will take advantage of this opportunity.
That is a contribution to climate-friendly mobility.
This innovation is part of FMG's climate protection strategy, which aims to operate the airport in a climate-neutral manner by 2030 at the latest.
As is well known, the complete reduction of all CO2 emissions is planned by 2050.
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