Skellefteå Municipality has also, as one of the first municipalities in the country, made the decision to reduce the climate impact of domestic flights from Skellefteå Airport by using fossil-free aviation fuel. Skellefteå Municipality is experiencing strong development with the establishment of the Northvolt battery factory and a number of other private and public investments. Development in Skellefteå Municipality requires good accessibility to the outside world and access to infrastructure within all modes of transport is therefore crucial.
- We are expanding our port, the Port of Skellefteå, the government has recently presented an infrastructure bill that includes the complete completion of the Norrbothnia Line, and Skellefteå Municipality has enabled night train services from 2022.
But in order to manage rapid transport within and outside Sweden, access to good air connections is crucial for the region's continued development, says Evelina Fahlesson (S), municipal councilor in Skellefteå.
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.
- The development of the airport must go hand in hand with sustainability goals. That is why we are keeping our airport at the forefront of the transition. We are leading the way in phasing out fossil aviation fuel so that future air travel can be both time-efficient and sustainable.
The region needs an airport at the forefront of the transition that can handle our need for passenger transport to the industry that creates the green society of the future, says Evelina Fahlesson.
Skellefteå Airport is driving the development of the fossil-free transport of the future together with Skellefteå Kraft, Northvolt, InnoEnergy and Skellefteå Science City, among others. In 2021, charging infrastructure for electric flights will also be installed.
- We are actively working on the green transition and driving the development of both electric and hydrogen aviation.
Making it possible for the region's public sector, business and private individuals to fly with reduced climate impact is an important step in the transition, says Robert Lindberg, CEO of Skellefteå Airport.
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.
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