Engines
Air bp To Supply Rolls-Royce with SAF
Air bp has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to furnish the UK-based engine maker with sustainable aviation fuel to power its engine testing programs.
Tests of Rolls-Royce engines such as the Trent will be run on an SAF blend provided by Air bp starting this summer at the powerplant maker's test centers in the UK and Germany. (Photo: Rolls Royce)
Tests of Rolls-Royce engines such as the Trent will be run on an SAF blend provided by Air bp starting this summer at the powerplant maker's test centers in the UK and Germany. (Photo: Rolls Royce)

Air bp has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce that will see it furnish the UK-based engine maker with sustainable aviation fuel to power its engine testing programs. First deliveries of a 10 percent SAF blend will commence in the second quarter to the three Rolls-Royce testing areas in Derby (civil aviation), Bristol (defense), and Dahlewitz, Germany (business aviation).

In addition to product improvement testing, completed production engines are tested extensively by the manufacturer before customer delivery, and the two companies expect the SAF portion alone of the delivered fuel will total nearly 780,000 gallons a year.

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