Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Gordon Gilbert

The UK has issued a&nbsp;<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1147350/pathway-to-net-zero-aviation-developing-the-uk-sustainable-aviation-fuel-mandate.pdf" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em;">notice of proposed rulemaking</a>&nbsp;that will mandate jet fuel suppliers to blend sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into aircraft fuel starting in 2025. It would set a 10 percent SAF blend requirement by 2030. A target mix for 2025 has not yet been set.
Less than a year ago, the UK&nbsp;launched the Jet Zero Strategy, setting out how the country will deliver on its commitment to reach net-zero aviation emissions by 2050. The SAF mandate is the latest of several measures underway in the strategy program.&nbsp;This strategy assumes a 50 percent SAF uptake by criteria; how carbon certificates will be issued, traded, and used for compliance; interactions with other domestic and international emissions policymakers; and how the mandate will be enacted. “We have already invested in early-stage development of eight UK SAF plants,” the proposal notes.&nbsp;
The proposal seeks comments on SAF targets set for 2030 and beyond; eligible fuels; and how sustainability will be administered and enforced. Comments are due by June 22.
“Now, more than ever, the [aviation] sector is recognizing that sustainability has to be at the core of its business, as it begins to transform for a net-zero world,” the proposal says. “Progress on decarbonizing is continuing at pace with aviation sector emissions expected to have peaked in 2019.”

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