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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts a significant increase in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, expected to triple to 1.5 million tonnes in 2024, representing 0.24% of total aviation fuel consumption for the year. “SAF will provide about 65% of the mitigation needed for airlines to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The expected tripling of SAF production in 2024 from 2023 is encouraging. We still have a long way to go, but the direction of exponential increases is starting to come into focus,” said Willie Walsh, Director General of IATA. Walsh also mentioned that SAF production could potentially exceed 51 million tonnes by 2030, with approximately 140 renewable fuel projects capable of producing SAF already announced and spread across regions including Asia, the EU, North America, and Australia. Global governments are actively encouraging SAF production to reduce airline emissions through incentives and mandates. However, Walsh emphasized that while interest in SAF is growing, current concrete plans are insufficient. Governments have set clear expectations for aviation to achieve a 5% CO2 emissions reduction through SAF by 2030 and net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but they need to implement policies ensuring airlines can purchase SAF in the required quantities. IATA has highlighted several policy actions to boost SAF production, such as diversifying feedstocks, adopting co-processing at existing refineries, incentivizing SAF production at renewable fuel sites currently refining renewable/bio diesel, and encouraging investment in SAF production. Walsh noted that incentives to build more renewable energy facilities, strengthen the feedstock supply chain, and allocate a greater portion of renewable fuel output to aviation would help decarbonize the industry. He also urged governments to facilitate technical solutions with accelerated approvals for diverse feedstocks and production methodologies, including co-processing renewable feedstocks in crude oil plants. Read the full article on our blog. #AvfoilNews #SustainableAviationFuel #SAF #IATA #Aviation #GreenAviation #NetZero #WillieWalsh #RenewableEnergy #ClimateAction #AviationFuel #Decarbonization

How to incentivize the production of green fuels for the shipping sector? Together with the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), Transport & Environment (T&E) organized a discussion at the European Parliament, hosted by Vera Tax and Maria Spyraki MEP ⛵ A general agreement that the scarce and expensive e-fuels need to go to the hard-to-abate sectors of shipping & aviation. ⛵ FuelEU Maritime will create demand for such fuels, but the supply side does not have binding requirements. Common mandatory supply targets should be set up by the Member states through national implementation of Renewable Energy Directive. ⛵ It is important that ETS funds, both collected by the EU and the Member states are channelled back to the shipping industry, e.g. through the Innovation Fund. ⛵ While the Innovation Fund already allows for shipping companies and green fuels producers to apply, a dedicated maritime envelope is necessary.

Australian infrastructure, property development and investment management company Wagner Corporation has joined with Boeing to grow the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to help meet Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel. With demand set to grow 75 percent over the next 25 years Wagner, which owns the Wellcamp Business Park and Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB) in Queensland, has established Wagner Sustainable Fuels to advance the project. Boeing Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific sustainability lead Dr Kimberly Camrass aid: “Wagner’s sustainability goals align with Boeing’s work to advance aviation decarbonisation and energy security through renewable energy including SAF, advanced technologies, operational efficiency, and fleet renewal." The CEO of Wagner Sustainable Fuels Matthew Doyle said: “The Wellcamp blending facility will demonstrate the greenhouse gas emissions reduction benefits of SAF for our customers, provide a focus for federal and state policy makers and introduce the supply chain to this potential $3 billion per year industry." #manufacturing #australianmanufacturing #renewables #sustainableaviationfuel #aviation #SAF

It's so encouraging to see this progress in the supply of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) ✈️ Projecting a tripling in global SAF production during 2024 is a step in the right direction, although there's still a long road ahead. #SustainableAviation #GreenRecovery As @WillieWalshIATA rightly points out, while having 0.53% of annual fuel requirements covered by SAF is progress, it's far from the levels needed for airlines to meet their ambitious #NetZero2050 targets. Greater efforts will be required from all stakeholders involved. 💪🌍 IATA's call on governments to implement robust policies and measures that truly accelerate and incentivize greater SAF production is spot on. 🎯 Diversifying feedstocks, offering stable tax incentives, and tapping into sources like agricultural and forestry waste will be key. #RenewableEnergy #GreenFuels The establishment of IATA's SAF Registry to transparently track emissions reductions is also an excellent initiative. Having industry leaders like @AirFrance @KLM @SingaporeAir @Delta already onboard looks promising. 👏🛫 Ultimately, news like this renews hope for a more sustainable aviation industry, but it must be a catalyst to redouble efforts. What other priority measures or initiatives do you see from your respective roles to drive a more decisive shift in this direction? Let's keep this conversation going! 💬🔁 #SustainableTravel #FutureOfFlying #AviacionSostenible #DescarbonizacionAviacion #SustainableAviation #NetZero2050 #SustainableAviationFutures #PtL #RFNBO

A high-profile European coalition has joined forces to urgently advance the production of e-SAF – sustainable aviation fuels produced by combining renewable electricity, water and captured carbon dioxide. Project SkyPower brings together 13 CEOs and more than 50 companies including airlines, airports, energy companies and financiers to push for government policies that enable production of e-SAF from 2030, writes Tony Harrington for GreenAir News. A report by the new group says Europe has a strong opportunity to capture a big share of the global e-SAF market, which it estimates could be worth €250 billion ($270bn) by 2050 and create up to 90,000 direct jobs. But it argues that to do so will require investments between €15 billion and €25 billion by 2030, encouraged by supportive government policies. Globally, says the report, Europe has 26 of the 31 large-scale e-SAF projects currently proposed. “But while 70% of the global e-SAF project pipeline is located in Europe,” it adds, “no plant has yet reached final investment decision (FID).” We will be discussing e-SAF and Project SkyPower at our forthcoming Aviation Carbon 2024 conference in London, November 25/26 (Aviation Carbon Events) #sustainableaviation #sustainableaviationfuel #eSAF #eFuels #ProjectSkyPower Mark Pilling Susan Brownlow Amy Hebert Lahiru Ranasinghe Janita Naidoo Arcadia eFuels Floriana De Matteo Cathryn Estes Kerri Moss KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Lisanne van Wijngaarden Paul Polman Paul Zissermann Dr. Ulrike Ziegler Ourania Georgoutsakou Kevin Hiney Marjan Rintel Velocys SkyNRG Topsoe Mikkel Strunge Kamari-Kany Heidi Ann Vorgaard Andersen Sarah Wilkin More on this story here:

"Access to clean maritime fuels is a top priority for the #decarbonisation of the #shipping sector. The recently published Draghi report on the Future of European Competitiveness identifies shipping as one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise, requiring around 40 billion in annual investments between 2031 and 2050. The report highlights that, while the EU is a world leader in #sustainable renewable and low-carbon fuels for the decarbonisation of #transport, it has limited installed capacity and planned production. The EU needs to start building a supply chain for clean fuels, or the costs of meeting its targets will be significant." 👉 Read the news article here: https://lnkd.in/dwRJWSNt #ECGNews #maritime

#HotOffThePress - We are excited to announce that Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik Offshore ASA to supply the equipment for the conversion of an offshore PSV to operate with ammonia fuel. The vessel, ‘Viking Energy’, which is on contract to energy major Equinor, is scheduled for conversion in early 2026 and is expected to start operating on ammonia in the first half of 2026, becoming the world’s first ammonia-fuelled in-service ship. Wärtsilä will supply the engine and complete fuel gas supply system and exhaust after-treatment needed for the conversion, making it also the first vessel to use Wärtsilä’s recently released ammonia solution. With ammonia a promising alternative fuel for the shipping industry, as it looks for more sustainable fuel options, Håkan Agnevall, President and CEO of Wärtsilä highlights the importance of cross-industry collaboration: “In just 25 years – the lifetime of a single vessel – shipping needs to get to net zero emissions. Achieving this will require coordinated action by all maritime industry stakeholders to bring about the system change needed to accept a new generation of sustainable fuels. “With this new contract, together with Eidesvik, Wärtsilä is proud to be at the forefront of this movement. Decarbonisation is front and centre of our strategy and we are committed to developing and delivering sustainable solutions which not only ensure the viability of sustainable fuels, but also their safety.” This latest partnership is a result of the ‘Apollo’ project which is co-funded by the Horizon Europe framework programme. The programme aims to accelerate the transition towards a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 through funding projects, such as Apollo, which contribute research and innovative solutions in various sectors related to climate, energy and mobility. For more information 👉 https://ow.ly/g0Rh30sGjgQ

#HotOffThePress - We are excited to announce that Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik Offshore ASA to supply the equipment for the conversion of an offshore PSV to operate with ammonia fuel. The vessel, ‘Viking Energy’, which is on contract to energy major Equinor, is scheduled for conversion in early 2026 and is expected to start operating on ammonia in the first half of 2026, becoming the world’s first ammonia-fuelled in-service ship. Wärtsilä will supply the engine and complete fuel gas supply system and exhaust after-treatment needed for the conversion, making it also the first vessel to use Wärtsilä’s recently released ammonia solution. With ammonia a promising alternative fuel for the shipping industry, as it looks for more sustainable fuel options, Håkan Agnevall, President and CEO of Wärtsilä highlights the importance of cross-industry collaboration: “In just 25 years – the lifetime of a single vessel – shipping needs to get to net zero emissions. Achieving this will require coordinated action by all maritime industry stakeholders to bring about the system change needed to accept a new generation of sustainable fuels. “With this new contract, together with Eidesvik, Wärtsilä is proud to be at the forefront of this movement. Decarbonisation is front and centre of our strategy and we are committed to developing and delivering sustainable solutions which not only ensure the viability of sustainable fuels, but also their safety.” This latest partnership is a result of the ‘Apollo’ project which is co-funded by the Horizon Europe framework programme. The programme aims to accelerate the transition towards a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 through funding projects, such as Apollo, which contribute research and innovative solutions in various sectors related to climate, energy and mobility. For more information 👉 https://ow.ly/eWhK30sG8En

Announced sustainable aviation fuel projects represent over three billion gallons of annual domestic production capacity in the United States by 2030, surpassing the target set under the US SAF Grand Challenge target, finds a new report from the US U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), reports Christopher Surgenor for GreenAir News. The announced capacity correlates to over 10% of projected US jet fuel demand, over $44 billion of investment and more than 70,000 jobs across the SAF value chain, says the report, which will be presented at #COP29 in Baku on November 21. The biggest barrier to SAF scale-up remains its price, which is currently two to ten times more than fossil jet fuel, says DOE, depending on the feedstock and conversion technology used to produce it. In October, DOE’s Loan Programs Office | U.S. Department of Energy Office announced conditional commitments to issue over $1.4 billion dollars in loan guarantees each to renewable fuels companies Montana Renewables, LLC and Gevo, Inc. Net-Zero 1 to help finance their SAF production facilities. #sustainableaviation #sustainableaviationfuel Tony Harrington Mark Pilling Dr. Ulrike Ziegler Kenneth Hill Valerie Reed Vanessa Z Chan Sean Sullivan Brian E Kurtz Jonathon Counsell Aaron Robinson Marie Owens Thomsen Jennifer Granholm Jim Spaeth Heather Manuel Nancy Young Nancy (Colucci) Bsales Erin Heitkamp Olivier Raevel Patrick Gruber Amelia DeLuca Chelsea Spaman Tim Mapes Lanni Klasner International Civil Aviation Organization Airlines for America Kevin Welsh Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) Steve Csonka #SAFGrandChallenge More on this story here: https://lnkd.in/eVa_DTSx

A SOLUTION PULLED OUT OF THE AIR As the airline industry intensifies its efforts to decarbonise amidst increasing concerns and open doubts about its ability to meet emission reduction targets, a collective of major European players is banking on a solution literally plucked out of the air - captured CO2 converted to sustainable aviation fuel, or e-SAF. With growing demand and competition for scarce biomass feedstocks, CO2 is abundant and there for the taking, though converting it into clean fuel is also eye-wateringly expensive. The partners of Project SkyPower are convinced that, in time, after initial big investments backed by government subsidies, this will be an affordable and effective pathway to lower emissions. But they also say final investment decisions for e-SAF projects must be made by the end of 2025 if targets for lower emissions are to be met. #sustainableaviation #sustainableaviationfuel #decarbonisation #eSAF #ProjectSkyPower #airfranceklm #easyJet #arcadiaefuels #copenhagenairports #skyNRG #velocys #ING #Natixis #Rockton #KGAL #Victor #ReFuelEU #netzeroaviation #netzero2050 #greenairnews