SAF-er skies for Ryanair, as clean juice firm Safran & investor Hydrogen One lift...

Low cost flight behemoth Ryanair, the airline seen once on TV getting its pilots to top up planes with avgas on a charge card...

Low-carbon avgas maker Velocys heads skywards, via Ohio, Tokyo.. and Humberside

Oxford University spin-off and purger of hydrocarbons from aviation fuel Velocys posted audited full year financial results today.  Doubling net assets, eliminating borrowing, boosting...

Hydrogen in Airbus’s wings: planemaker backs low carbon flying, as Cotswold minnow ponders fuelling...

Hydrogen as commercial aviation's clean fuel of the future has gained altitude and higher credibility, following a big investment decision from European planemaker Airbus. Toulouse’s...

Carbon foot(ball) print of the “beautiful game”: UK clubs’ Euro rankings puffed

British football teams engaged in this season’s European club competitions have had their carbon footprints for travel ranked. The estimates are released by an online...

Hydrogen-fuelled city hops “a reality by 2042”, say BA, Heathrow, easyJet, Rolls-Royce & chums

Within the next 20 years, passengers could be flying between UK regions in planes emitting no carbon, a squadron of heavy-lifters in commercial aviation...

Government backs clean avgas firm Velocys with £29.5 million

Sustainable aviation fuel innovator Velocys today saw its share price surge 19%, as it celebrated securing two government grants totalling nearly £30 million in...

Guilt-free flying “a reality”? Minister puffs £165 million under SAF’s Brit wings

Five innovative ventures turning end-of-life plastics into low carbon fuel for jetliners are to benefit from government grants totalling £165 million, the Department of...

High, higher, hydrogen:  ZeroAvia debuts world-beating 19-seater electric plane

Cotswolds-based carbon-free aviation pioneers ZeroAvia were today hailing a maiden zero- emissions flight by the world’s biggest-yet electrically powered plane. A 19-seater Dornier 228 twin...

Plane-makers’ merger presages hydrogen-powered Islander revamp

An iconic British plane was today absorbed into a new venture promoting zero admissions flight. A hydrogen-powered version of the Britten-Norman Islander light transport may...

To Shetland & beyond: tidal power may make oxygen for islands’ space probes

Rockets from Shetland’s new SaxaVord Space Centre may be powered by locally produced green gases. Tidal power developer Nova Innovation is heading a consortium to...

Teesside to host Britain’s first SAF handling terminal

Britain’s first dedicated bulk handling terminal for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is to be built on Teesside.  Output equivalent to 10% of the government’s...

Ecotricity to launch UK’s first electric airline, but with kerosene fuelling early flights

High profile green industrialist Dale Vince, pictured, is to launch what he intends to become the UK’s first all-electric airline. Ecotricity, Vince’s 28-year old low...

Breaking news:  Emissions scheme to reduce sale of carbon allowances

Energy-intensive industries will be incentivised to reach their lowest-ever level of carbon emissions, under detailed plans published by the UK government & devolved administrations...

Renewables firms turn up heat in Ohio and in Lithuania

Two UK-based innovators in the renewable energy space are stretching their wings, both westwards and eastwards. Oxford-headquartered Velocys, convertors of end-of-life plastics into sustainable aviation...

BA takes good care of government’s £9m, lifts cleaner wings with SAF partners

An aviation partnership led by British Airways has secured funding totalling £9 million from the government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition.  The grant clears...

Octopus charges into Britain’s skies with Aerovolt

Pilots of electric planes can charge their aircraft with one tap of a card thanks to a new tie-up between Octopus Energy and AeroVolt. Octopus...

Cranfield secures £69 million to boost hydrogen-as-SAF research

Cranfield University is to deepen its research into hydrogen as a sustainable aviation fuel, following its biggest ever grant win. A £69 million injection will...

Bristol’s hydrogen trial powers airport baggage trucks; planes next?

A ground-breaking airside hydrogen refuelling trial, led by easyJet with support from aviation service providers, has been successfully completed at Bristol Airport, in the...