Oslo Airport will become the first airport to use biofuel instead of aviation fuel which will help reduce environmental effects, according to an official from the national airport operator company, Avinor, under the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications.
'The main purpose of Avinor’s biofuels project is to provide sustainable biojetfuel at competitive prices at the airports we operate. Our analysis so far indicates very strongly that it is possible to provide such fuel, made in Norway from forestry biomass,' Olav Mosvold Larsen, senior executive advisor of Avinor said.
Norwegian energy giant Statoil is due to supply 2.5 million liters of biofuel at the beginning of March or April 2015 to the airport in accordance with the deal.
A deal has been signed between Statoil and airlines such as Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines.
The aim is to circulate this project to the other 46 state-owned airports in Norway which Avinor is responsible for.
'Furthermore it will enable us to establish administrative routines in terms of invoicing carbon dioxide tax exemptions,' he added.
Aviation fuel is a special type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft. So far, there is no production of biojetfuels in Norway, but some industrial players are currently looking into its production. The biojetfuel, which will be used at Oslo Airport in 2015, will be imported possibly under a cooking oil importing license.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
murat.temizer@aa.com.tr