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Information COVID-19: GARDN’s current operations maintained
At the request of the governments of Quebec and Canada, GARDN has requested that its staff work from home as of today. The meetings in person that were scheduled at our offices and at our partners' offices will be conducted online or by phone whenever possible....
Industry-led Partnership to Advance the Availability of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Canada
The Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN), SkyNRG, Waterfall Group and Vancouver Airport Authority today announced the launch of BioPortYVR, an industry-led project to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). BioPortYVR supports...
SAF Talk by GARDN and SAF Community
SAF Talk is a key event to help the decarbonization of air travel. These two days will get together all the stakeholders all along the SAF supply chain to exchange their ideas, opinions and expertise through engagement in discussion groups, roundtables, workshops and...
GARDN projects reports
Several GARDN projects' reports are now available: Civil Aviation Alternate Fuels Contrails and Emissions Research (CAAFCER): comparing the characteristics of persistent contrails formed from petroleum jet fuel and biofuel. Canadia's Biojet Supply Chain Initiative...
Best practice guide for a greener aerospace supply chain
This guide is the main deliverable of the Greening the Aerospace Supply Chain project funded by the Green Aviation Research & Development Network’s second program (GARDN II). The project aimed to provide OEMs and tier one suppliers with the knowledge and capacity...
Canada Announces Four Finalists for The Sky’s the Limit Challenge $5-Million Grand Prize
Reducing pollution from aviation will create a more competitive and sustainable industry and is critical for building a low-carbon economy. Creating cleaner fuels are central to those efforts. Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, today...
GARDN’s White paper
The GARDN team is proud to present its brand new white paper on Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Canada. It is divided in six main chapters, corresponding to six strategic areas that need to be focused on in order to develop SAF supply chains in Canada : RD&D and...
Sky’s the limit challenge
Reducing the aviation industry’s environmental footprint will create a more competitive and sustainable industry and is critical for our transition to a lower-carbon economy. Cleaner fuels are central to those efforts. Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the...
2018 ATW Airline Industry Award: Air Canada named Eco-Airline of the year
Air Canada is a partner on two research projects related to biojet fuels financed by GARDN (WG-21 and WG-22). Read Air Canada's full annoucement
Budget 2017: GARDN Applauds the Government’s Established Priorities on Clean Technologies
Today the Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the 2017-2018 Liberals’ federal budget in which an amount of up to $950 million over five years to be provided in business-led innovation superclusters that have the greatest potential to accelerate economic growth....