Germany Is Spending €2 Billion to Discover the Real Price of Clean Jet Fuel

Electric aviation is advancing faster than many critics expected. Batteries will not remain confined to tiny experimental aircraft, and short regional routes are a credible early market. But electric aircraft will not replace every jet. Long-haul aviation requires enormous energy at very low weight. Even with better batteries and airframes, liquid fuels will retain a large role for decades. The question is therefore which sustainable aviation fuels can reach scale at a price airlines can eventually afford. Germany has now designed a €2-billion…