United Signs Deal for 300M Gallons of SAF

United Airways and its United Airways Ventures funding arm have signed an settlement with Dimensional Power to buy a minimum of 300 million gallons of sustainable aviation gas over 20 years, the airline introduced Wednesday. 

Dimensional Power’s know-how converts carbon dioxide and water into usable substances for the Fischer-Tropsch course of, which is used to provide fuels from coal or methane, however Dimensional will use it to provide SAF, in keeping with United.

United has dedicated to being carbon-neutral by 2050 with out the usage of conventional carbon offsets. The provider in May dedicated to buy greater than 50 million gallons of SAF from Neste and in March invested in Cemvita Manufacturing facility to start analysis and growth efforts to bioengineer microbes to create SAF. United in December 2021 bought an fairness stake in hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia and in Septemberagreed to buy as much as 1.5 billion gallons of SAF paired with an funding in Alder Fuels. United is also an investor in Fulcrum BioEnergy and has an choice to buy as much as 900 million gallons of SAF, in keeping with the corporate.