Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has announced a significant step forward in reducing carbon emissions with a new land lease agreement in progress with SkyClean US Energy Inc.
The proposed facility would be among the largest current sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facilities in the U.S., capable of producing up to 25 million gallons of unblended SAF annually. This is enough to meet all the fuelling needs at PIT and supply fuel to other airports in the Midwest and Northeast. The SAF produced would include ethanol and natural gas through the “alcohol-to-jet” pathway, resulting in a 50% reduction in carbon emissions.
The announcement comes at a time when the aviation industry is increasingly looking to SAF to achieve carbon reduction standards and PIT is at the forefront of this movement. Once completed, PIT will be one of the first major airports in the U.S. to feature on-site SAF production.
This news follows another SAF announcement from PIT earlier this month regarding the development of a US$1.5 billion integrated facility expected to produce hydrogen exclusively.
