Taylor, Vikki, Matt

Project Quality Management

Dykes,

United Airlines Biofuels Procurement Project

Why Biofuels?

BIOFUELS

Are renewable and fairly easy to produce.

sourced from oil plants such as algae, jatropha, halophytes and camellia, or from other sources such as municipal waste.

Aviation is reducing its environmental impact responsibly through an ambitious, global set of targets

Foresrty17% Industry

3%

Other13%

Transport3%

Air Transport2%

Electricity31%

Manufacturing16%

Road15%

Global CO2 Emissions 2014

United Fuel Usage

The worldwide aviation industry

consumes some 1.5 to 1.7 billion barrels of Jet A-1 annually (about 70milliion

gallons)

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines

along with the DOD bought 73.32 million barrels at a cost of $12.21 billion for jet fuel globally in 2013

United was the first airline Flew first

twin-engine biofuel test flight in North

America

United Flew first commercial

passenger biofuel flight in the United

States derived from microbial algae

Objectives

Modernization of the fleets fuel efficiency.

Implement operational and procedural changes on a global scale to drive the importance of fuel

conservation.

Minimize the environmental impacts associated with our operations

Continuously look for ways to reduce our footprint in the air, and on the ground.

Safety is the aviation industry's top priority

Together with other airlines, engine and airframe manufacturers, fuel suppliers,

airports and governments, we're working toward collective industry goals, including

a 1.5 percent average annual fuel efficiency improvement through 2020

United Partnerships

United works with other airlines,

government bodies and industry groups to

further the development of

advanced sustainable aviation fuels.

Sustainable Aviation

Fuel Users Group

(SAFUG)

Airlines for

America (A4A)

International Air

Transport Association

(IATA)

Commercial Aviation

Alternative Fuels

Initiative (CAAFI)

The Biomass Crop

Assistance Program (BCAP)

Government Sponsors

• The U.S. Air Force plans to convert one-half of the petroleum-based jet fuel that it uses to nonpetroleum-based fuel by the year 2016.

• U.S. Navy test-flies the "Green Hornet“

• DOD to develop and promote the use of domestically produced fuels.

Flight

Feedstock Grown

ProcessingRefining

Distribution

Supply Chain Procurement

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