Skellefteå municipality has also, as one of the first municipalities in the country, made the decision to reduce the climate of domestic flights from Skellefteå Airport by using fossil-free aviation fuel. Skellefteå municipality is in strong development with the establishment of the battery factory Northvolt and a number of other private and public investments. The development in Skellefteå municipality requires good accessibility to the outside world and access to infrastructure within all modes of transport is therefore crucial.

In Sweden, a reduction obligation is now being introduced, which means a legal requirement for fuel suppliers to reduce fossil aviation fuel by mixing in fossil-free aviation fuel.
However, Skellefteå Municipality wants to move faster and has therefore decided that all Skellefteå Municipality’s domestic flights from Skellefteå Airport will be operated with fossil-free aviation fuel.

Skellefteå Airport is driving the development of future fossil-free transport together with, among others, Skellefteå Kraft, Northvolt, InnoEnergy and Skellefteå Sience City. In 2021, charging infrastructure for electric aircraft will also be installed.

Facts
The fossil-free fuel is supplied by AirBP. The raw material is used cooking oil, but alternative aviation fuels for today’s aircraft can also be produced from residues from the forestry and food industries, household waste and even carbon dioxide captured from the air.
A number of development projects of this type are currently underway in Sweden.