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Several New SAF Production Projects Emerge across Europe

Airlines are signing more long-term SAF off-take agreements and supporting the diversification from biomass SAF with e-fuels.

A Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F features a special livery to promote the use of power-to-liquid synthetic sustainable aviation fuel.
(Photo: Lufthansa Cargo) — A Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F features a special livery to promote the use of power-to-liquid synthetic sustainable aviation fuel. (Photo: Lufthansa Cargo)

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

July 17, 2022

At first blush, it looks like the European Commission’s proposed regulation ReFuelEU Aviation, which seeks to impose the obligation to uplift a percentage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights departing from EU airports from 2025, has already begun to meet its aim: invigorating the SAF market. Airlines across the region have signed more long-term SAF offtake agreements and projects to expand or build refinery infrastructure to be used for the production of non-conventional jet fuels, locking in forward purchase contracts worth $17 billion, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates. The association expects that figure to rise to $30 billion in 2025.

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