Tourexpi
The
Solent Cluster is a cross-sector collaboration of international organisations,
including manufacturers and engineering companies, regional businesses and
industries, leading logistics and infrastructure operators and academic
institutions.
Emirates
joins over 100 members as part of the Cluster, alongside founding
members the Solent Partners (previously the Solent LEP), global energy provider
ExxonMobil and University of Southampton. The founding members have each shared
details of their vision for the Solent and how it could secure existing jobs
and produce low-carbon fuels for a variety of sectors, including aviation.
Sustainable
aviation fuel potential
The
Solent Cluster has the potential to create a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
plant with an estimated fuel production capacity of 200,000 tonnes (200 kt) per
year. If approved, the plant could start operating in 2032. Jet fuel produced
by the SAF plant could avoid emissions of 563 kilotons of CO2 per year by
producing fuel with 70% less emissions than fossil kerosene. Existing pipeline
networks can supply the SAF from the plant to major airports served by Emirates
such as Heathrow and Gatwick.
Emirates’
long-term aspiration to secure UK-produced SAF with The Solent Cluster is in
addition to several SAF initiatives the airline has announced over the last
year. It follows Emirates’ A380 and Boeing
777 demonstration flights using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel in
2023. Emirates has expanded
its partnership with Neste for the supply of SAF in 2024 and 2025 for
its operations in Amsterdam and Singapore. The airline also uplifted SAF for
the first time at its hub in Dubai for commercial flights in October 2023.
Sir
Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said: “Emirates is proud to join
like-minded organisations as part of The Solent Cluster Initiative. The Cluster
has strong potential to power clean energy innovation and production and is
another step forward in our journey towards long-term SAF adoption within our
network. Alongside our fellow members, we look forward to contributing towards
these efforts, while also seeing The Solent Cluster’s positive impact to the
local economy, Southeast region, and wider industries.”
Dr.
Lindsay-Marie Armstrong, associate professor of mechanical engineering and
academic cluster lead for the Solent Industrial Decarbonisation Cluster at
University of Southampton, said: “The Solent is recognised as one of the
leading contributors of CO2 emissions from energy-intensive manufacturing
processes every year. The formation of a decarbonisation cluster that spans the
public, private and higher education sectors is a monumental step forward for
the region. It will introduce sustainable fuels for local transportation, the
aviation and the shipping sectors; create low carbon energy to heat homes,
businesses and public buildings; and open up new highly skilled jobs
opportunities. This can only be achieved by working together as a community,
covering all sectors and ultimately working with the same desire to achieve a
low carbon economic future for the Solent region.”
Image
Credit: © Emirates Airlines
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