(a) There is established the sustainable aviation fuel program, through which the development corporation may provide matching grants to any small business in the State that is developing products related to sustainable aviation fuel or greenhouse gas reduction from commercial aviation operations and requires assistance for any of the following items:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-24

  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Development corporation: means the Hawaii technology development corporation established by section 206M-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
  • Technology: means industries that are technology-intensive, including but not limited to electronics, biotechnology, software, computers, telecommunications, and other computer-related technologies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
(1) Business planning;
(2) Technology development;
(3) Engineering; or
(4) Research.
(b) In reviewing grant applications pursuant to this section, the development corporation shall analyze each application to determine whether the item to be undertaken will be economically viable and beneficial to the State.
(c) For the purposes of the program, product development activities eligible for matching funds grants shall reduce commercial aviation greenhouse gas emissions through:

(1) Sustainable aviation fuel production;
(2) Airborne operations fuel efficiency;
(3) Ground support equipment fuel replacement;
(4) Ground support equipment fuel efficiency; or
(5) Airport operations support to reduce overall jet fuel consumption.
(d) Hawaii jet fuel baseline carbon intensity shall be set at eighty-nine grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule, in line with the benchmark established by the International Civil Aviation Organization. This carbon intensity may be revised upon recommendation from the Hawaii state energy office based upon future revisions to the United States Department of Energy’s Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation full life-cycle model; provided that carbon intensity shall be measured in the units of grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule.
(e) For the purposes of this section:

“Grant” means financial assistance provided to Hawaii small business innovation research, small business technology transfer, and other agency and private sector awardees and applicants under the terms and conditions provided in this chapter.

“Hawaii small business innovation research”, “small business technology transfer”, and “sustainable aviation fuel program” means the programs administered by the development corporation to encourage participation by enterprises in federal research and development programs.

“Other agency” means an entity that receives an award or contract granted by the United States Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Defense, or Commerce, or other federal agencies for activities consistent with those defined in this section.

“Small business” shall have the same meaning as in § 201M-1.

“Sustainable aviation fuel” means ASTM International D7566-compliant renewable aviation turbine fuel derived from biofuels, as defined in § 269-91, and with a greenhouse gas lifecycle carbon intensity lower than the baseline for jet fuel defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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