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American Airlines Partners With Gates’ Group

American Airlines has been taking delivery of SAF for more than a year and has committed to using 9 million gallons through 2023. American Airlines
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Key Takeaways:

  • American Airlines has partnered with Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, investing $100 million to accelerate the development of clean technologies and achieve zero-carbon emissions by 2050.
  • The initiative primarily focuses on scaling solutions like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other emissions-reduction technologies critical for decarbonizing aviation.
  • Breakthrough Energy Catalyst finances and scales new, currently expensive zero-carbon technologies across various sectors (including SAF, green hydrogen, direct air capture, and long-duration energy storage) to close the "Green Premium" gap and accelerate global net-zero goals.
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American Airlines has partnered with Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst in an effort to develop clean technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gasses and achieve zero-carbon emissions by 2050.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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