This month, the sustainability initiative, Project PICASSO, will take the next momentous step of signing a contract with Northern Engineering Solutions to further develop the bioprocessing procedure.
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Northern Engineering Solutions will begin a further research and development phase of the project to achieve the highest levels of success in breaking down waste aviation fuel sampled from RAF Brize Norton. Following the success of this phase, they will design and build a rig to be installed on site, breaking down waste aviation fuel held in storage. Further phases of the project will look to widen the roll out of the rig, to deployable locations and multinational air bases, reducing the global impact waste aviation fuel has on the environment.
The project that began as a RAF100 Engineering competition winning entry in 2018 will now be the innovation to change fuel waste disposal. The competition winners, Corporal Woodhall and Corporal Drew Coulton, created this system to break down waste oil, fuel and other liquid wastes using microbes, in order to capture the by-products and recycle into reusable products.
It’s an exciting time as we move onto the next phase, with real confidence that we will not only see the waste oils results replicated with waste fuel but that we are ever closer to having the full-size rig established at Brize Norton. We’re looking forward to maintaining our close link with our industry partner, Northern Engineering, and achieving a significant milestone in our drive to remove, reduce and recycle our waste, with CAS’ NetZero 2040 at the forefront of all we do.
Wing Commander Concarr
Station Sustainability Champion
The award of this contract signals the start of an exciting new phase for NESL, building upon our knowledge, experience and earlier successful research & development work. We are delighted to be delivering a project that will assist the RAF in tackling climate change, enhancing environmental stewardship and in meeting its carbon emission reduction targets.
Northern Engineering Solutions
