Oil Giant Shell Sets Sights on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Take-Off

Oil Giant Shell Sets Sights on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Take-Off
A passenger plane flies over a Shell logo at a petrol station in west London, England, on Jan. 29, 2015. Toby Melville/Reuters
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LONDON—Royal Dutch Shell plans to start producing low-carbon jet fuel at scale by 2025, in an attempt to encourage the world’s airlines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Aviation, accounting for 3 percent of the world’s carbon emissions, is considered one of the toughest sectors to tackle due to a lack of alternative technologies to jet fueled-engines.