Friday, 29 November 2024.
SAF stands for Sustainable Aviation Gasoline, an financial various to kerosene which, along with the sustainability standards, meets the technical and certification necessities to be used in business aircrafts.
Already in growth for 15 years, this liquid gasoline produced from varied sources reminiscent of recycling oils, effluents, stable waste and biomass, amongst others, can cut back CO2 emissions by as much as 80%.
Final yr, after Carbon Credit score Markets attendance to the 30th edition of the SAE BRASIL International Mobility Congress and Exhibitionwe reported that there have been already 9 technological routes licensed, producing 300 million liters per yr (0.1% of what’s wanted), sufficient for round 490 thousand flights. However with the expectation signaled by future buy contracts: US$40 billion by then.
We discuss with the doc “Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge Roadmap Implementation Framework”, an interagency effort led by the U.S. Division of Vitality (DOE), U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Division of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), introduced final November 20, 2024.
Though there’s already rather a lot happening, the doc identifies current gaps the place further effort, public-private partnerships, and help shall be wanted to fulfill the objectives set forth within the SAF Grand Problem.
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Safety and authorities coverage help for organizing SAF provide chains.
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Information and fashions that permit higher evaluation of transportation, provide chain and enterprise.
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Increasing and financial optimization of purpose-grown feedstocks and tapping the potential of waste and residual feedstocks.
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Synergy with the prevailing infrastructure of the ethanol and petroleum trade.
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Sectoral coalitions geared toward mitigating dangers.
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Speaking SAF Grand Problem progress and advantages transparently and successfully.
All in all, profound adjustments underway in aviation.
Final June 2024 we commented on “IATA’s Global Outlook for Air Transport” report. Should you recall, it indicated that the SAF already being consumed in aviation nonetheless has a excessive value, round US$2,500 per ton, 2.8x that of conventional aviation gasoline.
On the time of the SAE BRASIL Worldwide Mobility Congress and Exhibition talked about above, the price was 4x.
Would that be a sign of a decreasing value development?
Click on on the picture under to learn extra in regards to the “Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge Roadmap Implementation Framework” in United States.
Final however not least, additionally value recalling what is going on by way of CORSIA, the worldwide emission discount program from the Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
