Klauber: Maritime fuel scaling is harder than SAF due to multiple engine specs
Adam Klauber · Scaling low-carbon products with book and claim systems · Dec 19, 2024 · at 30:58
Adam Klauber of World Energy contrasts the book and claim dynamics of sustainable aviation fuel with maritime shipping decarbonization.
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“One of the differences between aviation and shipping is that with aviation fuels, you've got a drop in solution, right? So any staff that meets the spec can go into any aircraft, and that's not the case with shipping. They've got something called, they like to call the rainbow donut, which is, ah, 10 or more different fuel options. They have different specs, but those will require different engines.”
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