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Sustainability and Environment

SAF Slowly Grows in Europe, but Questions Abound

Opinions vary as to whether the industry can meet the required demand

SAF panel EBACE 2024 — © David McIntosh/AIN

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

May 29, 2024

With business aviation’s focus on improving its environmental credentials, the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the key strategies the industry is relying on to reach net zero by 2050. On Wednesday at EBACE, a panel discussion dedicated to the topic featured experts from Air bp, Signature Aviation, World Fuel Services, and VistaJet. They explored the entire SAF ecosystem from feedstocks to mandates.

A year ago, the European Parliament and European Council reached an agreement on the ReFuelEU proposal that calls for the scaling up of the use of blended SAF starting next year. “It is a fuel supplier mandate to provide a 2% blend—beginning in 2025—of the aviation fuel that is consumed in Europe [having] a SAF component, and that ramps up through 2050 to 70%,” Keith Sawyer, Avfuel’s manager of alternative fuels told AIN. But the exact qualifying blend ratio had yet to be determined, he added.

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