Honda Motor Co. is to start manufacturing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), it has been learned.
SAF, which has been touted as a means of significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions, can be made from used cooking oil, household waste and algae, among other materials. By using SAF, CO2 emissions can be cut by more than half, compared to crude oil-based fuels.
Honda will expand its algae-cultivating business at plants in Japan and overseas, with an eye on practical application of the fuel in the 2030s. Cultured algae can be used to absorb CO2 emissions produced in automobile manufacturing.
