{"679445":{"#nid":"679445","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Planes flying like geese: Inside Delta\u2019s sustainability strategy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlanes mimicking migrating geese to save energy. Aviation fuel made of cooking oil or downed timber waste. Aircraft wings that can change shape during flight to maximize efficiency. These are some of the ideas Delta Air Lines thinks could help it reach its 2050 net zero emissions goal, outlined during the Atlanta company\u0027s appearance at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this week, also billed as the start to its 100th year celebration. \u0022For us, it\u0027s just become part of the business. Every business decision that we\u0027re making at this point is taking sustainability into consideration,\u0022 Chief Sustainability Officer Amelia DeLuca said in an interview.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0027s in large part because its biggest driver of emissions, jet fuel, is also one of its biggest costs. But the changes are also key as the company plots future global growth, as outlined by CEO Ed Bastian this week. \u0022I firmly believe our next century of flight will be about connecting the world,\u0022 he said Tuesday. In a later interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bastian said he believes the company\u0027s international business will ultimately become 50% of revenue, up from one-third today. Those international flights demand bigger planes, longer routes and more energy, DeLuca pointed out, making energy efficiency advancements all the more important.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more at: https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/article298301843.html#storylink=cpy\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile the power sector and other industries have made some progress reducing their climate footprints, cuts to aviation emissions have remained elusive, said Adam Steinberg, an aerospace engineering professor at Georgia Tech. Aviation must place safety above all else, which has made progress slow, he explained.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond, he said the technological breakthroughs needed to put large aircraft into the sky and keep them flying safely over long distances simply haven\u0027t materialized yet. There are companies - including in Georgia - working to develop battery-powered and other alternative fuel aircraft, but they aren\u0027t ready to meet the needs of commercial aviation. \u0022There is no other technology right now (besides burning fuel) that is anywhere close to mature enough that would be able to power the larger-scale commercial aircraft that really dominate the aviation market,\u0022 Steinberg said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more at: https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/article298301843.html#storylink=cpy\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-01-11 11:58:40","changed_gmt":"2025-01-11 11:58:40","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Miami Herald","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/article298301843.html","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"},{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188853","name":"go-seiinthenews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}